Structure of the N terminus of cadherin 23 reveals a new adhesion mechanism for a subset of cadherin superfamily members

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 10708-10712

  Elledge, Heather M ^a   Kazmierczak, Piotr ^a   Clark, Peter ^a   Joseph, Jeremiah S ^a   Kolatkar, Anand ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair cell; PCDH21; PCDH24; Tip link

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CADHERIN 23; CALCIUM ION; PROTOCADHERIN 15; PROTOCADHERIN 21; PROTOCADHERIN 24; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 77953759704     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006284107     Document Type: Article

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