The C. elegans Zonula Occludens Ortholog Cooperates with the Cadherin Complex to Recruit Actin during Morphogenesis

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1333-1337

  Lockwood, Christina ^a   Zaidel Bar, Ronen ^a   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; HMP 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HMP-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HMR 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HMR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VAB 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; VAB-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ZOO 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ZOO-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 50849091289     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.086     Document Type: Article

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