α-catenin is a molecular switch that binds E-cadherin-β-catenin and regulates actin-filament assembly

Cell

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 903-915

  Drees, Frauke ^a   Pokutta, Sabine ^a   Yamada, Soichiro ^a   Nelson, W James ^a   Weis, William I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; MONOMER; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CONFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 28344439885     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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