"Catenins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of cytoskeletal proteins that play essential roles in CELL ADHESION at ADHERENS JUNCTIONS by linking CADHERINS to the ACTIN FILAMENTS of the CYTOSKELETON.
Descriptor ID |
D051177
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MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.220.145
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2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Catenins" by people in Profiles.
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Stepniak E, Radice GL, Vasioukhin V. Adhesive and signaling functions of cadherins and catenins in vertebrate development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2009 Nov; 1(5):a002949.
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Luo Y, Radice GL. N-cadherin acts upstream of VE-cadherin in controlling vascular morphogenesis. J Cell Biol. 2005 Apr 11; 169(1):29-34.
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Aho S, Levänsuo L, Montonen O, Kari C, Rodeck U, Uitto J. Specific sequences in p120ctn determine subcellular distribution of its multiple isoforms involved in cellular adhesion of normal and malignant epithelial cells. J Cell Sci. 2002 Apr 1; 115(Pt 7):1391-402.
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Xu X, Li WE, Huang GY, Meyer R, Chen T, Luo Y, Thomas MP, Radice GL, Lo CW. Modulation of mouse neural crest cell motility by N-cadherin and connexin 43 gap junctions. J Cell Biol. 2001 Jul 9; 154(1):217-30.
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Xu X, Li WE, Huang GY, Meyer R, Chen T, Luo Y, Thomas MP, Radice GL, Lo CW. N-cadherin and Cx43alpha1 gap junctions modulates mouse neural crest cell motility via distinct pathways. Cell Commun Adhes. 2001; 8(4-6):321-4.