A specific domain in α-catenin mediates binding to β-catenin or plakoglobin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1759-1765

  Huber, Otmar ^a   Krohn, Michael ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin binding site; E cadherin catenin complex; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; GAMMA CATENIN; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030804761     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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