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Calpain-mediated N-cadherin proteolytic processing in brain injury.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 May 2009
Jang You-Na, Jung Yi-Sook, Lee Soo Hwan, Moon Chang-Hyun, Kim Chang-Hoon, Baik Eun Joo
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Neural-cadherin (N-cadherin), a member of the classical cadherin family of transmembrane glycoproteins, mediates cellular recognition and cell-cell adhesion through calcium-dependent homophilic interactions and plays important roles in the development and maintenance of the nervous system. Metalloproteinase is known to cleave N-cadherin, which is further cleaved by gamma-secretase. The intracellular domain of...
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