"alpha Catenin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha Catenin" by people in Profiles.
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Retinoic acid inhibits chondrogenesis of mesenchymal cells by sustaining expression of N-cadherin and its associated proteins. J Cell Biochem. 2003 Jul 01; 89(4):837-47.
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Maintenance of differentiated phenotype of articular chondrocytes by protein kinase C and extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase. J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 08; 277(10):8412-20.