Alpha-catenin: at the junction of intercellular adhesion and actin dynamics.

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Published in Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol on August 01, 2004

Authors

Agnieszka Kobielak1, Elaine Fuchs

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1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 300, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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