Cadherins, catenins and APC protein: Interplay between cytoskeletal complexes and signaling pathways

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 683-690

  Barth, Angela I M ^a   Näthke, Inke S ^a   James Nelson, W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

CANCER; CELL ADHESION; COLON POLYPOSIS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 0342327346     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80122-6     Document Type: Article

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