Structural and functional diversity of cadherin superfamily: Are new members of cadherin superfamily involved in signal transduction pathway?

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-542

  Suzuki, Shintaro T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion proteins; biological role; cadherin superfamily; evolution; signal transduction pathway; structure

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM ION; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; DESMOSOME; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029899606     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960616)61:4<531::AID-JCB6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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