"alpha Catenin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A catenin that binds F-ACTIN and links the CYTOSKELETON with BETA CATENIN and GAMMA CATENIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D051178
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.220.145.249
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha Catenin- alpha Catenin
- Catenin, alpha
- alpha-1 Catenin
- Catenin, alpha-1
- alpha 1 Catenin
- alpha-Catenin
- CAP102 Protein
- Cadherin-Associated Protein 102 kDa
- Cadherin Associated Protein 102 kDa
- alpha E-Catenin
- E-Catenin, alpha
- alpha E Catenin
- alphaE Catenin
- Catenin, alphaE
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha Catenin" by people in Profiles.
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Oh KH, Abraham LS, Gegg C, Silvestri C, Huang YC, Alkema MJ, Furst J, Raicu D, Kim H. Presynaptic BK channel localization is dependent on the hierarchical organization of alpha-catulin and dystrobrevin and fine-tuned by CaV2 calcium channels. BMC Neurosci. 2015 Apr 24; 16:26.
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Breen E, Steele G, Mercurio AM. Role of the E-cadherin/alpha-catenin complex in modulating cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesive properties of invasive colon carcinoma cells. Ann Surg Oncol. 1995 Sep; 2(5):378-85.
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Breen E, Clarke A, Steele G, Mercurio AM. Poorly differentiated colon carcinoma cell lines deficient in alpha-catenin expression express high levels of surface E-cadherin but lack Ca(2+)-dependent cell-cell adhesion. Cell Adhes Commun. 1993 Dec; 1(3):239-50.