title: Specificity of cell adhesion in development: the cadherin superfamily.
abstract: Cadherins are major cell-surface receptors involved in specific cell adhesion during development. Recent results reveal the existence of a growing array of related molecules involved in various forms of cell-cell adhesion, including that mediated by desmosomes. Comparisons with other families of adhesion receptors suggest testable models for functions of the emerging cadherin superfamily in development and disease.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Hynes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins