The RhoGEF TEM4 Regulates Endothelial Cell Migration by Suppressing Actomyosin Contractility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mitin, Natalia ^a,b   Rossman, Kent L ^a,b   Currin, Rachel ^a   Anne, Sandeep ^a   Marshall, Thomas W ^a   Bear, James E ^a   Bautch, Victoria L ^a,b   Der, Channing J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN RHOC; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARHGEF17 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; HEK293 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTOMYOSIN; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOCAL ADHESIONS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS;

EID: 84879145480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066260     Document Type: Article

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