Monomeric α-catenin links cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton

Abl Regulates Planar Polarized Junctional Dynamics through β-Catenin Tyrosine Phosphorylation

(2012) Masako Tamada et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The Cytoskeletal Protein α-Catenin Unfurls upon Binding to Vinculin

(2012) Erumbi S. Rangarajan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mutational analysis supports a core role for Drosophila  -Catenin in adherens junction function

(2012) R. Sarpal et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

 E-catenin is an autoinhibited molecule that coactivates vinculin

(2012) H.-J. Choi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell-cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

(2012) N. Borghi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thinking outside the cell: how cadherins drive adhesion

(2012) Julia Brasch et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Cadherin–actin interactions at adherens junctions

(2011) Shigenobu Yonemura   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The secret life of α-catenin: Moonlighting in morphogenesis

(2011) Stephanie L. Maiden et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanosensitive EPLIN-dependent remodeling of adherens junctions regulates epithelial reshaping

(2011) Katsutoshi Taguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Nemo kinase phosphorylates β-catenin to promote ommatidial rotation and connects core PCP factors to E-cadherin–β-catenin

(2011) Ivana Mirkovic et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Polarized Epithelium Organized by  - and  -Catenin Predates Cadherin and Metazoan Origins

(2011) D. J. Dickinson et al.   SCIENCE

αE-catenin regulates actin dynamics independently of cadherin-mediated cell–cell adhesion

(2010) Jacqueline M. Benjamin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II–dependent manner

(2010) Quint le Duc et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

α-Catenin as a tension transducer that induces adherens junction development

(2010) Shigenobu Yonemura et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Adherens junctions: from molecules to morphogenesis

(2010) Tony J. C. Harris et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2010) A. V. Kwiatkowski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Independent cadherin–catenin and Bazooka clusters interact to assemble adherens junctions

(2009) Melanie A. McGill et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

(2009) T. D. Pollard et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and Biochemistry of Cadherins and Catenins

(2009) L. Shapiro et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Involvement of Members of the Cadherin Superfamily in Cancer

(2009) G. Berx et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Cadherins and cancer: how does cadherin dysfunction promote tumor progression?

(2008) A Jeanes et al.   ONCOGENE

Bench to bedside and back again: Molecular mechanisms of α-catenin function and roles in tumorigenesis

(2007) Jacqueline M. Benjamin et al.   SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY