The vertebrate adhesive junction proteins β-catenin and plakoglobin and the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo form a multigene family with similar properties

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 681-691

  Peifer, Mark ^a   McCrea, Pierre D ^b   Green, Kathleen J ^c   Wieschaus, Eric ^d   Gumbiner, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; VERTEBRATA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DESMOSOME; DOG; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MONKEY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; TIGHT JUNCTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0026661360     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.118.3.681     Document Type: Article

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