VE - cadherin trans - interaction
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Correspondence to Asrar B. Malik: [email protected]; or Yulia A. Komarova: [email protected] Abbreviations used in this paper: AJ, adherens junction; CMV, cytomegalovirus; cRO, caged Rockout; DN, dominant negative; FRET, Förster resonance energy transfer; GAP, GTPase-activating protein; HMEC, human dermal microvascular endothelial cell; MLCII, myosin-II light chain; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; PA, photoactivatable; PI, photoinsensitive; ROCK, Rho-associated protein kinase; VE-cadherin, vascular endothelial cadherin. Introduction
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