αT-catenin: A novel tissue-specific β-catenin-binding protein mediating strong cell-cell adhesion

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 3177-3188

  Janssens, B ^a   Goossens, S ^a   Staes, K ^a   Gilbert, B ^a   Van Hengel, J ^a   Colpaert, C ^a   Bruyneel, E ^a   Mareel, M ^a   Van Roy, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Catenin; Heart; Muscle; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; CATNA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CATNB PROTEIN, MOUSE; CTNNA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTNNA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINCULIN;

EID: 0034741031     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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