ERM proteins at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3199-3204

  McClatchey, Andrea I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Apical morphogenesis; Cell cortex; Ezrin; Moesin; Radixin

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84905484133     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.098343     Document Type: Article

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