The tight junction protein cingulin regulates gene expression and rhoA signaling

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1165, Issue , 2009, Pages 88-98

  Citi, Sandra ^a,b   Paschoud, Serge ^a   Pulimeno, Pamela ^a   Timolati, Francesco ^a   De Robertis, Fabrizio ^a   Jond, Lionel ^a   Guillemot, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cingulin; RhoA; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CINGULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GEF H1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 67249111375     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04053.x     Document Type: Article

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