Cell adhesion: parallels between vertebrate and invertebrate focal adhesions

Michel Labouesse (1) , Elisabeth Georges-Labouesse (1)

1 IGBMC - Institut de génétique et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire

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.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Michel Labouesse, Elisabeth Georges-Labouesse. Cell adhesion: parallels between vertebrate and invertebrate focal adhesions. Current Biology - CB, 2003, 13 (13), ⟨10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00448-2⟩. ⟨hal-04143732⟩