Intermediate filament-membrane attachments function synergistically with actin-dependent contacts to regulate intercellular adhesive strength

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1005-1017

  Huen, Arthur C ^a   Park, Jung K ^a   Godsel, Lisa M ^a   Chen, Xuejun ^a   Bannon, Leslie J ^b   Amargo, Evangeline V ^a   Hudson, Tracie Y ^a   Mongiu, Anne K ^a   Leigh, Irene M ^c   Kelsell, David P ^c   Gumbiner, Barry M ^b   Green, Kathleen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Cadherins; Desmoplakin; Desmosome; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; DETERGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LATRUNCULIN A;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLUBILITY; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

ACTINS; BIOTINYLATION; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; DETERGENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037164862     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200206098     Document Type: Article

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