RhoGTPases, actomyosin signaling and regulation of the Epithelial Apical Junctional Complex

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-203

  Quiros, Miguel ^a   Nusrat, Asma ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin and myosin cytoskeleton; Adherens junction; Barrier function; Epithelia; Rho GTPases; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UBIQUITINATION; CELL JUNCTION; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MYOSINS; PERMEABILITY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84912059213     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.09.003     Document Type: Review

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