Abstract
New work shows that the motor protein myosin VI, acting through vinculin, plays a key role in the maturation of cadherin-based adherens junctions in epithelial cells.
MeSH terms
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Adherens Junctions / metabolism
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Animals
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Cadherins / metabolism
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Cell Adhesion
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Cells, Cultured
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Drosophila
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Epithelial Cells / cytology
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Epithelial Cells / metabolism
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Humans
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Models, Biological
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Myosin Heavy Chains / metabolism*
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Vinculin / metabolism
Substances
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Cadherins
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myosin VI
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Vinculin
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Myosin Heavy Chains