An instructive role for C. elegans E-cadherin in translating cell contact cues into cortical polarity

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 726-735

  Klompstra, Diana ^a   Anderson, Dorian C ^a   Yeh, Justin Y ^a   Zilberman, Yuliya ^a   Nance, Jeremy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMOPHILIC ADHESION PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATENIN; DELTA CATENIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HMP-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HMR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; JAC-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAC-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PH DOMAIN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATENINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; P120 GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84930178481     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3168     Document Type: Article

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