The cell junction protein VAB-9 regulates adhesion and epidermal morphology in C. elegans

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 619-625

  Simske, Jeffrey S ^a,d   Köppen, Mathias ^a,c   Sims, Paul ^a   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^b   Yonkof, Alicia ^d   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^d Rammelkamp Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CLAUDIN; F ACTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN VAB 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038109935     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1002     Document Type: Article

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