Two regions of cadherin cytoplasmic domains are involved in suppressing motility of a mammary carcinoma cell line.

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E-cadherin has been termed an "invasion suppressor," yet the mechanism of this suppression is not known. In contrast, several reports indicate N-cadherin does not suppress but, rather, promotes cell motility and invasion. Here, by characterizing a series of chimeric cadherins we defined a previously uncharacterized region consisting of the transmembrane domain and an adjacent portion of the cytoplasmic segment...

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