Homophilic adhesion of E-cadherin occurs by a co-operative two-step interaction of N-terminal domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3507-3514

  Tomschy, Andrea ^a   Fauser, Charlotte ^a   Landwehr, Ruth ^a   Engel, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Homophilic interaction; Model for cell cell adhesion

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0029939591     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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