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Calreticulin affects focal contact-dependent but not close contact-dependent cell-substratum adhesion.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 May 1999
Fadel M P, Dziak E, Lo C M, Ferrier J, Mesaeli N, Michalak M, Opas M
Abstract excerpt
We used two cell lines expressing fast (RPEfast) and slow (RPEslow) attachment kinetics to investigate mechanisms of cell-substratum adhesion. We show that the abundance of a cytoskeletal protein, vinculin, is dramatically decreased in RPEfast cells. This coincides with the diminished expression level of an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, calreticulin. Both protein and mRNA levels for calreticulin and vinculin...
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