Unraveling the mechanism of the cadherin-catenin-actin catch bond.
The adherens junctions between epithelial cells involve a protein complex formed by E-cadherin, β-catenin, α-catenin and F-actin. The stability of this complex was a puzzle for many years, since in vitro studies could reconstitute various stable subsets of the individual proteins, but never the enti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114904?pdf=render |