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Associated proteins of lens adherens junction
Author(s) -
Bagchi M.,
Katar M.,
Lewis J.,
Maisel H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.10258
Subject(s) - adherens junction , microbiology and biotechnology , lens fiber , cadherin , lens (geology) , catenin , cytoplasm , cell , biology , chemistry , wnt signaling pathway , biochemistry , signal transduction , paleontology , nucleus
Cytoplasmic proteins associated with adherens junctions were identified in the chicken ocular lens. The catenins, α, β, and γ, were present in epithelial and fiber cells, although their pattern of distribution changed with fiber cell differentiation. The sharp decline in α‐catenin with fiber cell formation and the increasing Triton‐insolubility of N‐cadherin suggests that another subtype of α‐catenin exists in the lens. J. Cell. Biochem. 86: 700–703, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.