Cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion: Sticking together as a family

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 690-698

  Patel, Saurabh D ^a   Chen, Chien Peter ^a   Bahna, Fabiana ^b   Honig, Barry ^a   Shapiro, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

BETA CHAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347481470     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2003.10.007     Document Type: Review

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