Differential nuclear translocation and transactivation potential of β- Catenin and plakoglobin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1433-1448

  Simcha, Inbal ^a   Shtutman, Michael ^a   Salomon, Daniela ^a   Zhurinsky, Jacob ^a   Sadot, Einat ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^a   Ben Ze'ev, Avri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PLAKOGLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

3T3 CELLS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOGS; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UBIQUITINS; VINCULIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032526401     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.6.1433     Document Type: Article

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