Crystal structure of the M-fragment of α-catenin: Implications for modulation of cell adhesion

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 3645-3656

  Yang, Jing ^a   Dokurno, Pawel ^a   Tonks, Nicholas K ^b   Barford, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Cadherins; Cell adhesion; Protein structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; VINCULIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VINCULIN;

EID: 0035898657     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.14.3645     Document Type: Article

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