Nanoscale architecture of cadherin-based cell adhesions

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-37

  Bertocchi, Cristina ^a   Wang, Yilin ^a,f,g,h   Ravasio, Andrea ^a   Hara, Yusuke ^a   Wu, Yao ^a   Sailov, Talgat ^a,f,g,h   Baird, Michelle A ^b,f,g,h   Davidson, Michael W ^b,c,i   Zaidel Bar, Ronen ^a,d   Toyama, Yusuke ^a,d   Ladoux, Benoit ^a,e   Mege, Rene Marc ^e   Kanchanawong, Pakorn ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Deceased   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1B; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASP PROTEIN; VINCULIN; ZYXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; TENSION; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; DOG; INTERFEROMETRY; MDCK CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOGS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VINCULIN;

EID: 85006401125     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3456     Document Type: Article

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