Podocyte polarity signalling

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-330

  Simons, Matias ^a,b   Hartleben, Björn ^a,b   Huber, Tobias B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PDZ DOMAIN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZEBRA FISH;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PODOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 67849115682     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32832e316d     Document Type: Review

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