Kathleen J. Green

The vertebrate adhesive junction proteins beta-catenin and plakoglobin and the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo form a multigene family with similar properties.

Mark Peifer, Pierre D. McCrea, Kathleen J. Green et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1992 · 399 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Caspase cleavage of vimentin disrupts intermediate filaments and promotes apoptosis

Young Joon Byun, F. Chen, Rhoda Chang et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation · 2001 · 333 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Breaking the connection: displacement of the desmosomal plaque protein desmoplakin from cell-cell interfaces disrupts anchorage of intermediate filament bundles and alters intercellular junction assembly.

Elayne A. Bornslaeger, Connie M. Corcoran, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1996 · 228 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

The desmoplakin carboxyl terminus coaligns with and specifically disrupts intermediate filament networks when expressed in cultured cells.

Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, Kathleen J. Green · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1992 · 195 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +12

Comparative structural analysis of desmoplakin, bullous pemphigoid antigen and plectin: members of a new gene family involved in organization of intermediate filaments

Kathleen J. Green, M L Virata, George W. Elgart et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 1992 · 167 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16