Cadherins in development: Cell adhesion, sorting, and tissue morphogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3199-3214

  Halbleib, Jennifer M ^a   Nelson, W James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cell sorting; Embryogenesis; Protocadherin; Tissue differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CADHERIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MN CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTOCADHERIN; R CADHERIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL SELECTION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 33845414010     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1486806     Document Type: Review

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