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Cell polarity development and protein trafficking in hepatocytes lacking E-cadherin/beta-catenin-based adherens junctions.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jun 2007
Théard Delphine, Steiner Magdalena, Kalicharan Dharamdajal, Hoekstra Dick, van Ijzendoorn Sven C D
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Using a mutant hepatocyte cell line in which E-cadherin and beta-catenin are completely depleted from the cell surface, and, consequently, fail to form adherens junctions, we have investigated adherens junction requirement for apical-basolateral polarity development and polarized membrane trafficking. It is shown that these hepatocytes retain the capacity to form functional tight junctions, develop full...
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