α-catenin: At the junction of intercellular adhesion and actin dynamics

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 614-625

  Kobielak, Agnieszka ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; VINCULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOCYST; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; DIMERIZATION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3543148258     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1433     Document Type: Review

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