Ajuba is required for Rac activation and maintenance of E-cadherin adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 855-871

  Nola, Sébastien ^a   Daigaku, Reiko ^a   Smolarczyk, Kasia ^a   Carstens, Maryke ^a   Martin Martin, Belen ^b   Longmore, Gregory ^c   Bailly, Maryse ^b   Braga, Vania M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AJUBA PROTEIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; RAC PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855893554     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201107162     Document Type: Article

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