Signaling and mechanical roles of E-cadherin

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 189-199

  Bhatt, Tanay ^a   Rizvi, Abrar ^a   Batta, Surya Prakash Rao ^a   Kataria, Sunny ^a   Jamora, Colin ^a  

^a Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cadherin; Epithelia; Mechanotransduction; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA 200; MYOSIN II; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; UVOMORULIN; VINCULIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84890382630     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419061.2013.854778     Document Type: Review

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