Dimer asymmetry defines α-catenin interactions

α-Catenin Uses a Novel Mechanism to Activate Vinculin

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The Cytoskeletal Protein α-Catenin Unfurls upon Binding to Vinculin

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 E-catenin is an autoinhibited molecule that coactivates vinculin

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Thinking outside the cell: how cadherins drive adhesion

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Data processing and analysis with theautoPROCtoolbox

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Vinculin regulates cell-surface E-cadherin expression by binding to  -catenin

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α-catenin mechanosensing for adherens junctions

(2010) Thomas Lecuit   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

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A Helix Replacement Mechanism Directs Metavinculin Functions

(2010) Erumbi S. Rangarajan et al.   PLoS One

MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography

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Crystal Structure of a Full-Length β-Catenin

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