Specific conserved C-terminal amino acids of caenorhabditis elegans HMP-1/α-catenin modulate f-actin binding independently of vinculin

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5694-5706

  Maiden, Stephanie L ^a,b   Harrison, Neale ^a,b   Keegan, Jack ^a   Cain, Brian ^a   Lynch, Allison M ^a,b   Pettitt, Jonathan ^a   Hardin, Jeff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; F-ACTIN; GENETIC DISSECTION; IN-VIVO; VINCULIN;

AMINO ACIDS;

PROTEINS;

ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID; F ACTIN; PROTEIN ZO1; VINCULIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE SEQUENCE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ALLELES; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HOMOZYGOTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VINCULIN;

EID: 84874326268     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.438093     Document Type: Article

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