Patterns in space: Coordinating adhesion and actomyosin contractility at E-cadherin junctions

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 201-212

  Wu, Selwin Kaixiang ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cell extrusion; Contractility; E cadherin; Morphogenesis; Tension

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA CATENIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN P120; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADHESION; BINDING SITE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DEATH; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LATERAL ADHERENS JUNCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUNCTATE ADHERENS JUNCTION; REVIEW; SPOT ADHERENS JUNCTION; ZONULA ADHERENS;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIB-IX COMPLEX;

EID: 84890323200     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419061.2013.856889     Document Type: Review

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