Assembly of C. elegans apical junctions involves positioning and compaction by LET-413 and protein aggregation by the MAGUK protein DLG-1

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2265-2277

  McMahon, Laura ^a   Legouis, Renaud ^a   Vonesch, Jean Luc ^a   Labouesse, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

catenin; Adherens junction; C. elegans; Cell adhesion; Epithelial cell polarity; LET 413; MAGUK protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; DLG 1 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HMP 1 PROTEIN; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE A; LET 413 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE CYCLASE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GUANYLATE KINASE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034930529     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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