TEM4 is a junctional Rho GEF required for cell-cell adhesion, monolayer integrity and barrier function

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3271-3277

  Ngok, Siu P ^a   Geyer, Rory ^a   Kourtidis, Antonis ^a   Mitin, Natalia ^b   Feathers, Ryan ^a   Der, Channing ^b   Anastasiadis, Panos Z ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Catenin; Cell adhesion; Cell junction; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; RhoA; TEM4

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO FACTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER 4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MDCK CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS FIBER; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

CATENIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHOA; TEM4;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; DOGS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883350938     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.123869     Document Type: Article

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