Cell signalling. Do adhesion molecules signal via FGF receptors?
Increasing evidence suggests that cadherin and immunoglobulin-family cell adhesion molecules can activate FGF receptors. This interaction may be crucial to developmental processes that are regulated by adhesion.
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Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
D015820:Cadherins; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor