...-catenin-vinculin interaction functions to organize the apical junctional complex in...
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Watabe-Uchida, Mitsuko; Uchida, Naoshige; Imamura, Yuzo; Nagafuchi, Akira; Fujimoto, Kazushi; Uemura, Tadashi; Vermeulen, Stefan; van Roy, Frans; Adamson, Eileen D.; Takeichi, Masatoshi
- Source
- Journal of Cell Biology. 08/10/98, Vol. 142 Issue 3, p847. 11p. 83 Black and White Photographs, 7 Diagrams, 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *EPITHELIAL cells
*CYTOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0021-9525
Presents information on a study conducted conducted which investigated the role of alphaE-catenin in epithelial cell junctional complex formation, with focus on cell biology. Introduction of a series of alphaE-catenin mutant molecules; Importance of the internal domain of alphaE-catenin in TJ organization; Role of vinculin in cell-cell junctional organization; How does the alphaE-catenin-vinculin interaction regulate junctional complex formation.