Actin filament dynamics and endothelial cell junctions: The Ying and Yang between stabilization and motion

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 529-543

  Schnittler, Hans ^a   Taha, Muna ^a   Schnittler, Maria Odenthal ^a   Taha, Abdallah Abu ^a   Lindemann, Nico ^a   Seebach, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Adherens type junctions; Membrane cytoskeleton; Vascular endothelium; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS;

EID: 84899464025     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1856-2     Document Type: Review

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