Regulation of β-catenin levels and localization by overexpression of plakoglobin and inhibition of the ubiquitin-proteasome system

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1325-1335

  Salomon, Daniela ^a   Sacco, Paula A ^b   Roy, Sujata Guha ^a   Simcha, Inbal ^a   Johnson, Keith R ^b   Wheelock, Margaret J ^b   Ben Ze'ev, Avri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEASOME; RNA; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO;

EID: 0030856349     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.5.1325     Document Type: Article

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