Reevaluating αE-catenin monomer and homodimer functions by characterizing E-cadherin/αE-catenin chimeras.

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Published in J Cell Biol on September 28, 2015

Authors

Julie M Bianchini1, Khameeka N Kitt1, Martijn Gloerich1, Sabine Pokutta2, William I Weis3, W James Nelson4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
2: Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
3: Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
4: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 wjnelson@stanford.edu.

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