Plakophilins: multifunctional scaffolds for adhesion and signaling

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 708-716

  Bass Zubek, Amanda E ^a   Godsel, Lisa M ^a   Delmar, Mario ^b   Green, Kathleen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLAKOPHILIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLAKOPHILINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 70349333829     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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