Cadherin-directed actin assembly: E-cadherin physically associates with the Arp2/3 complex to direct actin assembly in nascent adhesive contacts

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-382

  Kovacs, Eva M ^a   Goodwin, Marita ^a   Ali, Radiya G ^a   Paterson, Andrew D ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b School of Biomedical Sciences of Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIGAND; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; HAMSTER; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0037022538     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00661-9     Document Type: Article

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