Gap junction proteins on the move: Connexins, the cytoskeleton and migration

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-108

  Matsuuchi, Linda ^a   Naus, Christian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Connexin43; Cytoskeleton; Migration; Polarity

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ASTROCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPREADING; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOMA CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; OCULODENTODIGITAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCELLULAR CELL MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CONNEXINS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 84870064557     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.05.014     Document Type: Review

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