Protruding membrane nanotubes: Attachment of tubular protrusions to adjacent cells by several anchoring junctions

Protoplasma

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Lokar, Maruša ^a   Iglič, Aleš ^a   Veranič, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adherens junctions; Afadin; Filopodia; Membrane nanotubes; N cadherin; T24

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NANOTUBES; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 77957272793     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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