The adhesive binding site of cadherins revisited

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 157-163

  Shan, Wei Song ^a   Koch, Alexander ^a,b   Murray, John ^b   Colman, David R ^a   Shapiro, Lawrence ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Homophilic binding

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE;

EID: 0033552664     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(99)00115-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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