Cadherins and their connections: Adhesion junctions have broader functions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 554-560

  Steinberg, Malcolm S ^a   McNutt, Patrick M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032819810     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00027-7     Document Type: Review

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