N-cadherin, A vascular smooth muscle cell-cell adhesion molecule: Function and signaling for vasomotor control

Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-218

  Sun, Zhe ^a   Parrish, Alan R ^b   Hill, Michael A ^a,b   Meininger, Gerald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Cell cell adhesion; Mechanotransduction; N cadherin; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN N CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898047272     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12123     Document Type: Article

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