The variable transmembrane domain of Drosophila N-cadherin regulates adhesive activity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6598-6608

  Yonekura, Shinichi ^a   Ting, Chun Yuan ^a   Neves, Guilherme ^b   Hung, Kimberly ^a   Hsu, Shu Ning ^c   Chiba, Akira ^c   Chess, Andrew ^b   Lee, Chi Hon ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SELECTION; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33747778354     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00241-06     Document Type: Article

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