Mechanisms of epithelial cell-cell adhesion and cell compaction revealed by high-resolution tracking of E-cadherin-green fluorescent protein

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1105-1119

  Adams, Cynthia L ^a,b   Chen, Yih Tai ^a   Smith, Stephen J ^a,c   Nelson, W James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cytokinetics Inc   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cadherin; Cell cell adhesion; Epithelia; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIFFUSION; DOGS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032563564     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.4.1105     Document Type: Article

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