Rho GTP exchange factor ARHGEF11 regulates the integrity of epithelial junctions by connecting ZO-1 and RhoA-Myosin II signaling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9905-9910

  Itoh, Masahiko ^a   Tsukita, Sachiko ^b   Yamazaki, Yuji ^b   Sugimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Epithelial organization

Indexed keywords

ALANYLARGINYLHISTIDYLGLYCYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANINE 11; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; RGS PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MYOSIN TYPE II; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84862535878     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115063109     Document Type: Article

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