αT-catenin is a constitutive actin-binding α-catenin that directly couples the cadherin·catenin complex to actin filaments

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 15687-15699

  Wickline, Emily D ^a   Dale, Ian W ^a   Merkel, Chelsea D ^a   Heier, Jonathon A ^a   Stolz, Donna B ^a   Kwiatkowski, Adam V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MAMMALS; MONOMERS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL-CELL CONTACT; CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVES; COSEDIMENTATION ASSAYS; HOMODIMERIZATION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

PROTEINS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHAE CATENIN; ALPHAT CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; F ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HOMODIMERIZATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEDIMENTATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MICE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84979517960     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M116.735423     Document Type: Article

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