A new crystal structure, Ca2+ dependence and mutational analysis reveal molecular details of E-cadherin homoassociation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1738-1747

  Pertz, Olivier ^d   Bozic, Damir ^a,d   Koch, Alexander W ^b,d   Fauser, Charlotte ^d   Brancaccio, Andrea ^c,d   Engel, Jürgen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; E cadherin; Electron microscopy; Mechanism; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MATRIX PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0033119626     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1738     Document Type: Article

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