Cell polarity: Nailing Crumbs to the scaffold

Curr Biol. 2000 Mar 23;10(6):R234-6. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00372-9.

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that the cytoplasmic tail of the Crumbs protein establishes membrane territories in polarised epithelial cells by stabilising a PDZ-domain protein complex. The isolation of a human Crumbs homologue required for normal vision revives questions about the role of Crumbs in cell-cell interactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alternative Splicing
  • Animals
  • Cell Polarity / physiology*
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / physiology*
  • Protein Isoforms / genetics
  • Protein Isoforms / physiology

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Protein Isoforms
  • crb protein, Drosophila