Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) modulates cell-cell interactions mediated by classic cadherins

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1337-1348

  Litvinov, Sergey V ^a   Balzar, Maarten ^a   Winter, Manon J ^a   Bakker, Hellen A M ^a   Briaire De Bruijn, Inge H ^a   Prins, Frans ^a   Fleuren, Gert Jan ^a   Warnaar, Sven O ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CALCIUM ION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DETERGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030731464     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.5.1337     Document Type: Article

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