Trans-bonded pairs of E-cadherin exhibit a remarkable hierarchy of mechanical strengths

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

Volumn 101, Issue 47, 2004, Pages 16472-16477

  Perret, E ^a   Leung, A ^b   Feracci, H ^a   Evans, E ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell adhesion; Mechanical strengths of single cadherin bonds; Single molecule force spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM; DIMER; GLYCOPROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADHERINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 9344227887     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402085101     Document Type: Article

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