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Single molecule adhesion measurements reveal two homophilic neural cell adhesion molecule bonds with mechanically distinct properties.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Dec 2005
Wieland Julie A, Gewirth Andrew A, Leckband Deborah E
Abstract excerpt
Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is a cell surface adhesion glycoprotein that plays an important role in the development and stability of nervous tissue. The homophilic binding mechanism of NCAM is still a subject of debate on account of findings that appear to support different mechanisms. This paper describes single molecule force measurements with both full-length NCAM and NCAM mutants that lack different...
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