"gamma Catenin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multi-functional catenin that is highly homologous to BETA CATENIN. Gamma catenin binds CADHERINS and helps link their cytoplasmic tails to ACTIN in the CYTOSKELETON via ALPHA CATENIN. It is also found in DESMOSOMES where it mediates the link between DESMOSOMAL CADHERINS and DESMOPLAKIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D051185
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.091.500 D12.776.220.145.750
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| Concept/Terms |
gamma Catenin- gamma Catenin
- Catenin, gamma
- Desmoplakin III
- Junctional Plakoglobin
- Plakoglobin, Junctional
- Plakoglobin
- Junction Plakoglobin
- Plakoglobin, Junction
- gamma-Catenin
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