α-Catenin Localization and Sarcomere Self-Organization on N-Cadherin Adhesive Patterns Are Myocyte Contractility Driven

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Chopra, Anant ^a,b   Patel, Akash ^a   Shieh, Adrian C ^b   Janmey, Paul A ^c   Kresh, J Yasha ^a,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALPHA CATENIN; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SARCOMERE;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FIBRONECTINS; INTEGRINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84867542181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047592     Document Type: Article

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