Cell adhesion: parallels between vertebrate and invertebrate focal adhesions.
Recent studies highlight the striking similarity between vertebrate focal adhesion plaques and Caenorhabditis elegans muscle adhesion structures and position LIM domain proteins as central players at focal adhesions.
Labouesse
Michel
M
IGBMC, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 10142, 67400 Illkirch, France. lmichel@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr
Georges-Labouesse
Elisabeth
E
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology*; D022001:Focal Adhesions / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014714:Vertebrates; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C442327:Mig-2 protein, C elegans; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins