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Tension-Sensitive Actin Assembly Supports Contractility at the Epithelial Zonula Adherens

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Rho GTPase and Shroom direct planar polarized actomyosin contractility during convergent extension

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De novo lumen formation and elongation in the developing nephron: a central role for afadin in apical polarity

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JAM-A associates with ZO-2, afadin, and PDZ-GEF1 to activate Rap2c and regulate epithelial barrier function

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AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Activation and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β (GSK-3β) Inhibition Induce Ca2+-independent Deposition of Tight Junction Components at the Plasma Membrane

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Involvement of afadin in barrier function and homeostasis of mouse intestinal epithelia

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The single Drosophila ZO-1 protein Polychaetoid regulates embryonic morphogenesis in coordination with Canoe/afadin and Enabled

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A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension

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Zonula occludens-1 and -2 regulate apical cell structure and the zonula adherens cytoskeleton in polarized epithelia

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Willin and Par3 cooperatively regulate epithelial apical constriction through aPKC-mediated ROCK phosphorylation

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Epithelial cell shape is regulated by Lulu proteins via myosin-II

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

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Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

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Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

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Involvement of the Interaction of Afadin with ZO-1 in the Formation of Tight Junctions in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

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TheDrosophilaafadin homologue Canoe regulates linkage of the actin cytoskeleton to adherens junctions during apical constriction

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ZO-1 Stabilizes the Tight Junction Solute Barrier through Coupling to the Perijunctional Cytoskeleton

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The Immunoglobulin-Like Cell Adhesion Molecule Nectin and Its Associated Protein Afadin

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Shroom3-mediated recruitment of Rho kinases to the apical cell junctions regulates epithelial and neuroepithelial planar remodeling

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Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

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