The UNC-112 gene in Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a novel component of cell-matrix adhesion structures required for integrin localization in the muscle cell membrane

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Rogalski, Teresa M ^a   Mullen, Gregory P ^a   Gilbert, Mary M ^a   Williams, Benjamin D ^b   Moerman, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion complex; FERM superfamily; Integrin; Muscle development; UNC 112

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEGRIN;

ADHESION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTEGRINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034632070     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.1.253     Document Type: Article

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