α-Catenin cytomechanics - role in cadherin-dependent adhesion and mechanotransduction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1779-1791

  Barry, Adrienne K ^a,b   Tabdili, Hamid ^b   Muhamed, Ismaeel ^a   Wu, Jun ^b   Shashikanth, Nitesh ^a   Gomez, Guillermo A ^c   Yap, Alpha S ^c   Gottardi, Cara J ^d   De Rooij, Johan ^e   Wang, Ning ^f   Leckband, Deborah E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cadherin; Mechanotransduction; Catenin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIGIDITY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE; KINETICS; MDCK CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VINCULIN;

EID: 84898925056     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.139014     Document Type: Article

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