Protein myozap - A late addition to the molecular ensembles of various kinds of adherens junctions

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 346, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-359

  Rickelt, Steffen ^a,b   Kuhn, Caecilia ^a,b   Winter Simanowski, Stefanie ^a   Zimbelmann, Ralf ^a   Frey, Norbert ^c   Franke, Werner Wilhelm ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Progen Biotechnik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Epithelial cells; Immunohistochemistry; Junction plaques; Protein myozap

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOZAP; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

AREAE; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 84856750608     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1281-8     Document Type: Article

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