Active tension: The role of cadherin adhesion and signaling in generating junctional contractility.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-102

  Priya, Rashmi ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cadherin; Cytoskeleton; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84926182303     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2014.11.016     Document Type: Chapter

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