Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Glycoproteins » Membrane Glycoproteins » Cell Adhesion Molecules » Cadherins
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Membrane Proteins » Membrane Glycoproteins » Cell Adhesion Molecules » Cadherins
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Biological Factors [D23] » Antigens » Antigens, Surface » Cell Adhesion Molecules » Cadherins
Description
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. MeSH
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