A soluble VE-cadherin fragment forms 2D arrays of dimers upon binding to a lipid monolayer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 881-892

  Al Kurdi, Rana ^a   Gulino Debrac, Danielle ^a   Martel, Laurence ^b   Legrand, Jean François ^b   Renault, Anne ^c   Hewat, Elizabeth ^a   Vénien Bryan, Catherine ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D arrays; C cadherin, cadherin from Xenopus; CHO, Chinese hamster ovarian cell; E cadherin, epithelial cadherin; Electron microscopy; Homophilic association; N cadherin, neuronal cadherin; Oligomerisation; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DIMER; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; NICKEL; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIPID MONOLAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 1642371517     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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