E-cadherin binding prevents β-catenin nuclear localization and β-catenin/LEF-1-mediated transactivation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1237-1245

  Orsulic, Sandra ^a,b   Huber, Otmar ^a,c   Aberle, Hermann ^a,d   Arnold, Sebastian ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; APC; E cadherin; LEF TCF; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSACTIVATION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032891720     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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