The plaque protein myozap identified as a novel major component of adhering junctions in endothelia of the blood and the lymph vascular systems

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1709-1719

  Pieperhoff, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Rickelt, Steffen ^a,e   Heid, Hans ^a   Claycomb, William C ^d   Zimbelmann, Ralf ^a   Kuhn, Caecilia ^a,e   Winter Simanowski, Stefanie ^a   Kuhn, Christian ^f   Frey, Norbert ^f   Franke, Werner W ^a,e  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e PROGEN Biotechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Blood vessels; Endothelial cells; Lymphatic vessels; Myozap

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATTLE; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; SUS SCROFA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864382382     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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