Regulation of classical cadherin membrane expression and F-actin assembly by alpha-catenins, during Xenopus embryogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nandadasa, Sumeda ^a,b   Tao, Qinghua ^a   Shoemaker, Amanda ^a   Cha, Sang wook ^a   Wylie, Christopher ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA E CATENIN; ALPHA N CATENIN; C CADHERIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; F ACTIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; XENOPUS;

EID: 84862237259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038756     Document Type: Article

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