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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Cadherins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Cadherins
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Cadherins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Membrane Glycoproteins > Cell Adhesion Molecules > Cadherins

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Cadherins  

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  • Cadherin

Scope note

  • Calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. They are important in the formation of ADHERENS JUNCTIONS between cells. Cadherins are classified by their distinct immunological and tissue specificities, either by letters (E- for epithelial, N- for neural, and P- for placental cadherins) or by numbers (cadherin-12 or N-cadherin 2 for brain-cadherin). Cadherins promote cell adhesion via a homophilic mechanism as in the construction of tissues and of the whole animal body.

History note

  • 90; N CADHERIN was NM 1994-95; LIVER CELL ADHESION MOLECULES was see CELL ADHESION MOLECULES 1990-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015820

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