title: A mechanism of mechanotransduction at the cell-cell interface: emergence of α-catenin as the center of a force-balancing mechanism for morphogenesis in multicellular organisms.
authors.affiliation: Electron Microscope Laboratory, Riken Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan. yonemura@cdb.riken.jp
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yonemura
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism; D022005:Adherens Junctions / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D022001:Focal Adhesions / Q000378:metabolism; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D009024:Morphogenesis; D024462:Myosin Type II / Q000378:metabolism; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D016596:Vinculin / Q000378:metabolism; D051178:alpha Catenin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D051178:alpha Catenin; D051176:beta Catenin; D016596:Vinculin; D000205:Actomyosin; D024462:Myosin Type II