Apical lumen formation in renal epithelia

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1444-1452

  Schlüter, Marc A ^a,b   Margolis, Ben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRUMB; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL POLARITY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIPID RAFT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 67649696936     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008090949     Document Type: Short Survey

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