Ezrin/radixin/moesin proteins and flotillins cooperate to promote uropod formation in T cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Martinelli, Sibylla ^a   Chen, Emily J H ^b   Clarke, Fiona ^b   Lyck, Ruth ^c   Affentranger, Sarah ^a   Burkhardt, Janis K ^b   Niggli, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Cell polarization; Ezrin; Flotillin; Moesin; Radixin; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; F ACTIN; FLOTILLIN 1; FLOTILLIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MOESIN; MYOSIN II; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; RADIXIN; RHO KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOTAXIS ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; T LYMPHOBLAST; T LYMPHOCYTE; UROPOD FORMATION;

EID: 84882844733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00084     Document Type: Article

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