LAP proteins: what's up with epithelia?

Authors
Bryant, PJ Huwe, A
Citation
Pj. Bryant et A. Huwe, LAP proteins: what's up with epithelia?, NAT CELL BI, 2(8), 2000, pp. E141-E143
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
14657392 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
E141 - E143
Database
ISI
SICI code
1465-7392(200008)2:8<E141:LPWUWE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
How cells maintain their overall shape and size, and the related question o f how proteins and other molecules reach and stay at their specific subcell ular locations, are among the most difficult and exciting problems in cell biology. Three recent studies have made a significant contribution to this area by identifying new proteins, called LAP proteins that have critical fu nctions in maintaining the shape and apical-basal polarity of epithelial ce lls.