title: Motor Proteins: tightening your belt with myosin VI.
abstract: New work shows that the motor protein myosin VI, acting through vinculin, plays a key role in the maturation of cadherin-based adherens junctions in epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Breshears
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Titus
mesh_terms: D022005:Adherens Junctions / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004330:Drosophila; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000378:metabolism*; D016596:Vinculin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; C089785:myosin VI; D016596:Vinculin; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains