Unc5B interacts with FLRT3 and Rnd1 to modulate cell adhesion in Xenopus embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Karaulanov, Emil ^a   Böttcher, Ralph T ^a,c   Stannek, Peter ^a   Wei, Wu ^a,d   Rau, Marlene ^a   Ogata, Souichi ^b   Cho, Ken W Y ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FLRT3; PROTEIN RND1; PROTEIN UNC5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FLRT3 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; NETRIN RECEPTORS; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XRND1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 66849138516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005742     Document Type: Article

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