Vinculin-dependent Cadherin mechanosensing regulates efficient epithelial barrier formation

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1128-1140

  Twiss, Floor ^a   Le Duc, Quint ^a   Van Der Horst, Suzanne ^a   Tabdili, Hamid ^b   Van Der Krogt, Gerard ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Rehmann, Holger ^a   Huveneers, Stephan ^a,c   Leckband, Deborah E ^b   De Rooij, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cell cell adhesion; E cadherin; Junction formation; Mechanotransduction; Vinculin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964963599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20122428     Document Type: Article

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