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So far, yet so close: α-Catenin dimers help migrating cells get together

Epithelial cells in tissues use their actin cytoskeletons to stick together, whereas unattached cells make active plasma membrane protrusions to migrate. In this issue, Wood et al. (2017. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201612006) show that the junction component α-catenin is critical in f...

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Autores principales: Machesky, Laura, Braga, Vania M.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29051263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201709056