Rap1 GTPase is required for mouse lens epithelial maintenance and morphogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-91

  Maddala, Rupalatha ^a   Nagendran, Tharkika ^a   Lang, Richard A ^b   Morozov, Alexei ^c   Rao, Ponugoti V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Epithelial plasticity; Lens morphogenesis; Polarity; Rap1 GTPase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PAXILLIN; PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; SNAI1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; ZEB2 PROTEIN; ACTIN; CADHERIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MICROPHTHALMIA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD29; APOPTOSIS; CADHERINS; CATARACT; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROPHTHALMOS; PAXILLIN; RAP1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84942199093     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.06.022     Document Type: Article

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