Mutations affecting transmembrane segment interactions impair adhesiveness of E-cadherin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4415-4423

  Huber, Otmar ^a,b   Kemler, Rolf ^b   Langosch, Dieter ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; E cadherin; Lateral clustering; Transmembrane segment

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033490984     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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