EXPRESSION OF E-, P-, N-CADHERINS AND CATENINS IN HUMAN BLADDER CARCINOMA CELL LINES

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PURPOSE: Cadherins are cell surface glycoproteins that mediate Ca2+-dependent, homophilic cell-cell adhesion. The classical cadherins, E-, P- and N-cadherins, are known to self-associate from their extracellular domain, while their cytoplasmic domain interacts with either beta-catenin or plakoglobin (gamma-catenin), which in turn is bound to alpha-catenin that links the complex to the actin cytoskeleton. The aim...

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