Amotl2 links ve-cadherin to contractile actin fibres necessary for aortic lumen expansion

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hultin, Sara ^a   Zheng, Yujuan ^a   Mojallal, Mahdi ^a   Vertuani, Simona ^a   Gentili, Christian ^a   Balland, Martial ^b   Milloud, Rachel ^b   Belting, Heinz Georg ^c   Affolter, Markus ^c   Helker, Christian S M ^d   Adams, Ralf H ^e   Herzog, Wiebke ^d,e,f   Uhlen, Per ^g   Majumdar, Arindam ^a   Holmgren, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LIPHY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^f Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003 Cells in Motion ^*  (Germany)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANGIOMOTIN L2; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; AMOTL2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; CADHERIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYPRINID; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DISSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FORCE; GENE INACTIVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; AORTA; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; AORTA; CADHERINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLINOS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84900022138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4743     Document Type: Article

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