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In vitro and in vivo reconstitution of the cadherin-catenin-actin complex from Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Aug 2010
Kwiatkowski Adam V, Maiden Stephanie L, Pokutta Sabine, Choi Hee-Jung, Benjamin Jacqueline M, Lynch Allison M, Nelson W James, Weis William I, Hardin Jeff
Abstract excerpt
The ternary complex of cadherin, beta-catenin, and alpha-catenin regulates actin-dependent cell-cell adhesion. alpha-Catenin can bind beta-catenin and F-actin, but in mammals alpha-catenin either binds beta-catenin as a monomer or F-actin as a homodimer. It is not known if this conformational regulation of alpha-catenin is evolutionarily conserved. The Caenorhabditis elegans alpha-catenin homolog HMP-1 is...
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