The Caenorhabditis elegans p120 catenin homologue, JAC-1, modulates cadherin-catenin function during epidermal morphogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Pettitt, Jonathan ^a   Cox, Elisabeth A ^b   Broadbent, Ian D ^a   Flett, Aileen ^a   Hardin, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Actin filaments; Adherens junctions; Embryo development; P120ctn

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; JUXTAMEMBRANE DOMAIN ASSOCIATED CATENIN; P120 CATENIN; PROTEIN P120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; MAMMAL CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038487243     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200212136     Document Type: Article

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