Plakoglobin is required for maintenance of the cortical actin skeleton in early Xenopus embryos and for cdc42-mediated wound healing

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 695-708

  Kofron, Matthew ^a   Heasman, Janet ^a   Lang, Stephanie A ^a   Wylie, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin skeleton; cdc42; Plakoglobin; Wound healing; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CDC42;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WOUND HEALING; XENOPUS;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOPLAKINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GAMMA CATENIN; WOUND HEALING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037135974     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200202123     Document Type: Article

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