The amino-terminal domain of desmoplakin binds to plakoglobin and clusters desmosomal cadherin-plakoglobin complexes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 773-784

  Kowalczyk, Andrew P ^a   Bornslaeger, Elayne A ^a   Borgwardt, Jeffrey E ^a   Palka, Helena L ^a   Dhaliwal, Avninder S ^a   Corcoran, Connie M ^a   Denning, Mitchell F ^a   Green, Kathleen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOPLAKIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DESMOSOME; GENE CLUSTER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0030699073     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.3.773     Document Type: Article

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