Melanoma progression-associated glycoprotein MUC18/MCAM mediates homotypic cell adhesion through interaction with a heterophilic ligand

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-774

  Johnson, Judith P ^a,d   Bar Eli, Menashe ^b   Jansen, Burkhard ^c   Markhof, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Institute for Immunology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD146 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LIGAND; MCAM PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD146; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL AGGREGATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031588368     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971127)73:5<769::aid-ijc26>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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