...Chih-Wen Chu; Bo Xiang; Olga Ossipova; Andriani Ioannou; Sergei Y. Sokol ABSTRACT Ajuba family proteins are implicated in the assembly of cell junctions and have been reported to antagonize Hippo signaling in response to cytoskeletal tension. To assess the role of these proteins in actomyosin...

...Young J. Kim; Christa Sauer; Karla Testa; James K. Wahl; Robert A. Svoboda; Keith R. Johnson; Margaret J. Wheelock; Karen A. Knudsen Adherens junctions and desmosomes are critical for embryogenesis and the integrity of adult tissues. To form these junctions, classical cadherins interact via α...

... physiological function. It belongs to a subfamily of the immunoglobulin-superfamily of which some members are junctional adhesion molecules on epithelial and/or endothelial cells. CAR is dominantly expressed in the hearts and brains of mice until the newborne phase after which it becomes mainly restricted...