Merlin/ERM proteins establish cortical asymmetry and centrosome position

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2709-2723

  Hebert, Alan M ^a,b   DuBoff, Brian ^a,b   Casaletto, Jessica B ^a,b   Gladden, Andrew B ^a,b   McClatchey, Andrea I ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Centrosome; Cortical cytoskeleton; Merlin ERMs; Polarity; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; EZRIN; MERLIN; MOESIN; PROTEIN ZO1; RADIXIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NEUROFIBROMIN 2;

EID: 84871587693     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.194027.112     Document Type: Article

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