Releasing YAP from an α-catenin trap increases cardiomyocyte proliferation

Circulation Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-11

  Lin, Zhiqiang ^a   Pu, William T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

desmosomes; Editorials; regeneration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YES ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; YAP PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT INHIBITION; DESMOSOME; EDITORIAL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS;

EID: 84920774776     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.305496     Document Type: Editorial

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