The regulation and functional impact of actin assembly at cadherin cell-cell adhesions

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-307

  Michael, Magdalene ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin dynamics; Cadherins; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CELL PROTEIN; CONTACTIN; CORTACTIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN; WASP INTERACTING PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HUMAN; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84876705952     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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