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Characterizing the initial encounter complex in cadherin adhesion.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 12 Aug 2009
Sivasankar Sanjeevi, Zhang Yunxiang, Nelson W James, Chu Steven
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Cadherins are Ca(2+)-dependent cell-cell adhesion proteins with an extracellular region of five domains (EC1 to EC5). Adhesion is mediated by "strand swapping" of a conserved tryptophan residue in position 2 between EC1 domains of opposing cadherins, but the formation of this structure is not wel...
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