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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
Etymologies
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Examples
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E-cadherin is probably the best understood cadherin.
Cadherins, Part 1 2007
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For example, if a certain kind of protein on the surface of a cell - a "cadherin" -- tends to get sticky under certain microenvironmental conditions, and when this happens cadherin-bearing cells will clump together.
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The studies identified variants located in a region of the chromosome between two genes encoding cell adhesion molecules called cadherin 9 and cadherin 10.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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The studies identified variants located in a region of the chromosome between two genes encoding cell adhesion molecules called cadherin 9 and cadherin 10.
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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Downregulation of E-cadherin (CDH1) and upregulation of N-cadherin (CDH2) - the so called cadherin-switch - were most evident in EPT1 cells.
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Downregulation of E-cadherin (CDH1) and upregulation of N-cadherin (CDH2) - the so called cadherin-switch - were most evident in EPT1 cells.
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Downregulation of E-cadherin (CDH1) and upregulation of N-cadherin (CDH2) - the so called cadherin-switch - were most evident in EPT1 cells.
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Blaschuk, OW, et al. E-cadherin, estrogens and cancer: is there a connection?
T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010
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Likewise, choanoflagellates have five immunoglobulin domains, though they have no immune system; collagen, integrin and cadherin domains, though they have no skeleton or matrix binding cells together; and proteins called tyrosine kinases that are a key part of signaling between cells, even though Monosiga is not known to communicate, or at least does not form colonies.
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"Choanoflagellates show no hint of multicellularity, but they have 23 genes for cadherin proteins, about the same as the fruit fly or the mouse."
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