Jack of all trades: Functional modularity in the adherens junction

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-40

  Padmanabhan, Anup ^a   Rao, Megha Vaman ^a   Wu, Yao ^a   Zaidel Bar, Ronen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTOMYOSIN; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84937137949     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.06.008     Document Type: Review

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