Synaptopodin couples epithelial contractility to α-actinin-4–dependent junction maturation

A novel tension-sensitive junctional protein, synaptopodin, can relay biophysical input from cellular actomyosin contractility to induce biochemical changes at cell–cell contacts, resulting in structural reorganization of the junctional complex and epithelial barrier maturation.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Cell Biology

• Publication date

  2015-10-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1083/jcb.201412003PMID 26504173PMCID 4621826
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