En grupp funktionellt likaratade glykoproteiner som ansvarar för den kalciumberoende cell-till-cell-vidhäftningen. De delas in i underklasserna E-, P- och N-kadheriner, med distinkt immunologisk speci ficitet och fördelning i vävnaderna. De åstadkommer celladhesion via en homofil mekanism. Dessa föreningar har betydelse för uppbyggnaden av vävnader och hela kroppen.
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.
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Cadherin — Liver Cell Adhesion Molecule — Liver Cell Adhesion Molecules — P-Cadherins — P Cadherins — Cadherin-3 — Cadherin 3 — Placental Cadherins — Cadherins, Placental — P-Cadherin — P Cadherin — E-Cadherins — E Cadherins — Cadherin-1 — Cadherin 1 — Epithelial-Cadherin — Epithelial Cadherin — E-Cadherin — E Cadherin — Uvomorulin — Epithelial-Cadherins — Epithelial Cadherins — N-Cadherins — N Cadherins — Cadherin-2 — Cadherin 2 — N-Cadherin — N Cadherin — Neural Cadherins — Cadherins, Neural — Neural Cadherin — Cadherin, Neural