Article
Cadherins as modulators of cellular phenotype.
Annual review of cell and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2003
Wheelock Margaret J, Johnson Keith R
Abstract excerpt
Cadherins are transmembrane glycoproteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion. The cadherin family is large and diverse, and proteins are considered to be members of this family if they have one or more cadherin repeats in their extracellular domain. Cadherin family members are the transmembrane components of a number of cellular junctions, including adherens junctions, desmosomes, cardiac...
Topics
- Animals
- Armadillo Domain Proteins
- Cadherins
- Catenins
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Cell Communication
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Extracellular Matrix
- Humans
