E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell–cell contact...
E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell–cell contacts upon externally applied stretch
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Classical cadherins are transmembrane proteins at the core of intercellular adhesion complexes in cohesive metazoan tissues. The extracellular domain of classical cadherins forms intercellular bonds with cadherins on neighboring cells, whereas the cytoplasmic domain recruits catenins, which in turn associate with additional cytoskeleton binding and...
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E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell–cell contacts upon externally applied stretch
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_22802638
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_22802638
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1204390109
