… study α-catenin since it has been shown to alter its expression and conformation relative to
cell-cell adhesion … role of α-catenin in the mechanosignaling complex of N-cadherin mediated …

… Therefore, cells on ‘‘Y’’ shaped micro-pattern geometries provide an ideal model system to
… subcellular localization in response to variations in stress found at the N-cadherin adhesion …

… localized endogenous N-cadherin on the in vitro N-cadherin … to patterns, even if they did not
overlap either N-cadherin cap. … only single cells which had visible sarcomeres. While these …

… localized endogenous N-cadherin on the in vitro N-cadherin … -protein patterns would have
more highly organized sarcomeres … found that N-cadherin is important in sarcomere formation …

… pattern of neuronal-specific α-catenin (αN-catenin) and its interaction with the N-cadherin–…
Both lens epithelium and fibers develop extensive cadherin-based cell–cell adhesive …

… -catenin (or plakoglobin) to α-catenin, which in turn binds via … the N-cadherin/αE-catenin
complex regulates sarcomeric … an autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance with incomplete …

… in sarcomere alignment relative to the long axis of the pattern. … These gap junctions localized
to both lateral and axial edges … sarcomere structure involve a combination of focal adhesion/…

… αcatenin localization and sarcomere self-organization on N-cadherin adhesive patterns are
… also shown to be influenced by N-cadherin-mediated adhesion through the activation of the …

… , which binds to the cadherin cytoplasmic tail and to α-catenin, which in turn binds to F-actin3,
4 (… The actin cables in some epithelial tissues show clear sarcomeric organization, implying …

As sarcomeres produce the force necessary for contraction, assessment of sarcomere order …
The uniaxial force produced by sarcomeres is ideally perpendicular to their z-lines, which …