A mechanism of mechanotransduction at the cell-cell interface: Emergence of α-catenin as the center of a force-balancing mechanism for morphogenesis in multicellular organisms

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 732-736

  Yonemura, Shigenobu ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Adherens junction; Mechanotransduction; Myosin II; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NOTE; ORGANISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTOMYOSIN; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSIN TYPE II; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VINCULIN;

EID: 80052830219     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100064     Document Type: Note

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