Structural biology of cadherins in the nervous system

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 593-599

  Shapiro, Lawrence ^a   Colman, David R ^b  

^a NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME HIGH RESOLUTION BANDING ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNAPSE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032192443     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80086-X     Document Type: Article

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