Monomeric α-catenin links cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-273

  Desai, Ridhdhi ^a   Sarpal, Ritu ^a   Ishiyama, Noboru ^b   Pellikka, Milena ^a   Ikura, Mitsuhiko ^b   Tepass, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CLONE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84874639502     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2685     Document Type: Article

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