Controversies at the cytoplasmic face of the cadherin-based adhesion complex

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 567-572

  Provost, Elayne ^a   Rimm, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SPECTRIN; VINCULIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032844504     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00015-0     Document Type: Review

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