Catenins: Keeping Cells from Getting Their Signals Crossed

Developmental Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-612

  Perez Moreno, Mirna ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA CATENIN; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; F ACTIN; I KAPPA B KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN II; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN P120; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VINCULIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; ZYXIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750459738     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.10.010     Document Type: Review

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