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In the first extracellular domain of E-cadherin, heterophilic interactions, but not the conserved His-Ala-Val motif, are required for adhesion.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Oct 2002
Renaud-Young Margaret, Gallin Warren J
Abstract excerpt
The classical cadherins, definitive proteins of the cadherin superfamily, are characterized functionally by their ability to mediate calcium-dependent cell aggregation in vitro. To test hypothetical mechanisms of adhesion, we have constructed two mutants of the chicken E-cadherin protein, one with the highly conserved His-Ala-Val (HAV) sequence motif reversed to Val-Ala-His (VAH), the other lacking the first...
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