Connexins, cell motility, and the cytoskeleton

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1000-1016

  Olk, Stephan ^a   Zoidl, Georg ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cx43; Cytoskeletal components; Gap junction; Migration; Non junctional function

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 47; CONNEXIN 50; CORTACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DREBRIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; EZRIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN II; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 70350243052     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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