Direct Ca2+-dependent heterophilic interaction between desmosomal cadherins, desmoglein and desmocollin, contributes to cell-cell adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-201

  Chitaev, Nikolai A ^a   Troyanovsky, Sergey M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM ION; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; DSG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DSP PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; FIBROSARCOMA; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; FIBROSARCOMA; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030610137     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.1.193     Document Type: Article

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