Rho1 regulates Drosophila adherens junctions independently of p120ctn
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Rho1 regulates Drosophila adherens junctions independently of p120ctn.
During animal development, adherens junctions (AJs) maintain epithelial cell adhesion and coordinate changes in cell shape by linking the actin cytoskeletons of adjacent cells. Identifying AJ regulators and their mechanisms of action are key to understanding the cellular basis of morphogenesis. Previous studies linked both p120catenin and the small GTPase Rho to AJ regulation and revealed that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Development
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1477-9129,0950-1991
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02056