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Inhibiting cadherin function by dominant mutant E-cadherin expression increases the extent of tight junction assembly.
Journal of cell science - 1 Mar 2000
Troxell M L, Gopalakrishnan S, McCormack J, Poteat B A, Pennington J, Garringer S M, Schneeberger E E, Nelson W J, Marrs J A
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Previous studies have shown that induction of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion leads to tight junction formation, and that blocking cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion inhibits tight junction assembly. Here we report analysis of tight junction assembly in MDCK cells overexpressing a mutant E-cadherin protein that lacks an adhesive extracellular domain (T151 cells). Mutant E-cadherin overexpression caused a...
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