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  • noun biology Any of several polypeptides that are fragments of cadherin

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  • For example, a variation in a gene called protocadherin 15, which functions in sensory perception, including hearing and vision, appears to be under selection in some East Asian populations.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • PCDH11X controls production of a protein called a protocadherin, part of a family of molecules that help cells in the central nervous system to communicate with each other.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • PCDH11X controls production of a protein called a protocadherin, part of a family of molecules that help cells in the central nervous system to communicate with each other.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • PCDH11X controls production of a protein called a protocadherin, part of a family of molecules that help cells in the central nervous system to communicate with each other.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • Rajasegaran V, Venkatesh B (2007) Sequencing and comparative analysis of fugu protocadherin clusters reveal diversity of protocadherin genes among teleosts.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • Comparative genomics and diversifying selection of the clustered vertebrate protocadherin genes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • Nabholz CE, Baldwin KK, Kim Y, Rueckert EH, et al. (2002) Promoter choice determines splice site selection in protocadherin alpha and gamma pre-mRNA splicing.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • The 22 members of the cell surface gamma protocadherin family get together in different combinations to create a molecular code that provides the diversity necessary for synaptic specificity.

    News from The Scientist 2010

  • Senzaki K, Tai Y, Morishita H, Tanaka YZ, et al. (2004) Genomic organization and transcripts of the zebrafish protocadherin genes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Dickson M, Myers RM (2004) Gene conversion and the evolution of protocadherin gene cluster diversity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

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