Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying blood vessel lumen formation

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-259

  Charpentier, Marta S ^a   Conlon, Frank L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Casz1; Egfl7; Lumen formation; Morphogenesis; RhoA

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE MARKER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MOESIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN ZO1; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANURA; APICAL MEMBRANE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 84893740443     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300133     Document Type: Review

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