Selective uncoupling of p120(ctn) from E-cadherin disrupts strong adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 189-201

  Thoreson, Molly A ^a   Anastasiadis, Panos Z ^a   Daniel, Juliet M ^a   Ireton, Reneé C ^a   Wheelock, Margaret J ^b   Johnson, Keith R ^b   Hummingbird, Diana K ^a   Reynolds, Albert B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Catenin; Clustering; Compaction; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CATENIN; PROTEIN P120; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034627769     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.1.189     Document Type: Article

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