Cycling around cell-cell adhesion with rho GTPase regulators

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-391

  McCormack, Jessica ^a   Welsh, Natalie J ^a   Braga, Vania M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cell contacts; Epithelia; GAP; GEF; Junctions; Small GTPase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYNACTIN; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN IIA; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIVER CANCER; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84876085669     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.097923     Document Type: Note

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