title: Cell adhesion: parallels between vertebrate and invertebrate focal adhesions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: IGBMC, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 10142, 67400 Illkirch, France. lmichel@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labouesse
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Georges-Labouesse
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C442327:Mig-2 protein, C elegans; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins