Nonchordate classic cadherins have a structurally and functionally unique domain that is absent from chordate classic cadherins

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 406-422

  Oda, Hiroki ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Classic cadherin; Drosophila; Nonchordate; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CHORDATA; DROSOPHILA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032715257     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9494     Document Type: Article

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