Endothelial adherens junctions and the actin cytoskeleton: an 'infinity net'?

A recent paper in BMC Biology reports that actin stress fibers in adjacent cultured endothelial cells are linked through adherens junctions. This organization might provide a super-cellular network that could enable coordinated signaling and structural responses in endothelia. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/11

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Biology

• Publication date

  2010-04-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/jbiol232PMID 20377920PMCID 2871513
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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