Immunocytochemical studies of the interactions of cadherins and catenins in the early Xenopus embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-169

  Kurth, Thomas ^a   Fesenko, Irina V ^a   Schneider, Stephan ^a,b   Münchberg, Frank E ^a   Joos, Thomas O ^a,c   Spieker, Thomas P ^a,d   Hausen, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Catenin; Depletion; Development; Overexpression; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMMA CATENIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033001685     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199906)215:2<155::AID-DVDY8>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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