Cadherins and catenins in development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-691

  Huber, Otmar ^a   Bierkamp, Christiane ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030272281     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80110-4     Document Type: Article

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