In vitro and in vivo reconstitution of the cadherin-catenin-actin complex from Caenorhabditis elegans.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 05, 2010

Authors

Adam V Kwiatkowski1, Stephanie L Maiden, Sabine Pokutta, Hee-Jung Choi, Jacqueline M Benjamin, Allison M Lynch, W James Nelson, William I Weis, Jeff Hardin

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1: Department of Biology, Stanford University, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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