Vang-like protein 2 and Rac1 interact to regulate adherens junctions

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 472-483

  Lindqvist, Maria ^a   Horn, Zachi ^a   Bryja, Vitezslav ^a,b   Schulte, Gunnar ^a   Papachristou, Panagiotis ^a   Ajima, Rieko ^c   Dyberg, Cecilia ^a   Arenas, Ernest ^a   Yamaguchi, Terry P ^c   Lagercrantz, Hugo ^a   Ringstedt, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Neurulation; PCP; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NESTIN; PDZ PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANG LIKE PROTEIN 2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 76649084891     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.048074     Document Type: Article

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