αE-catenin regulates actin dynamics independently of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-352

  Benjamin, Jacqueline M ^a   Kwiatkowski, Adam V ^a   Yang, Changsong ^b   Korobova, Farida ^b   Pokutta, Sabine ^a   Svitkina, Tatyana ^b   Weis, William I ^a   Nelson, W James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHA E CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYN PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE LYN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSOL; DYNAMICS; LAMELLIPODIUM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DOG; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOPODIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOPLASM; DOGS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOPODIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SRC-FAMILY KINASES;

EID: 77951147998     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200910041     Document Type: Article

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