αe-catenin actin-binding domain alters actin filament conformation and regulates binding of nucleation and disassembly factors

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 3710-3720

  Hansen, Scott D ^a   Kwiatkowski, Adam V ^b,c   Ouyang, Chung Yueh ^d   Liud, Hong Jun ^d   Pokutta, Sabine ^e   Watkins, Simon C ^c   Volkmann, Niels ^d   Hanein, Dorit ^d   Weis, William I ^e   Mullins, R Dyche ^a   Nelson, W James ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHAE CATENIN; COFILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84889020463     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E13-07-0388     Document Type: Article

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