Sentences with phrase «called cadherins»

All cells in tissues adhere to each other using molecules called cadherins which interact and connect cells of the same type together.

In the lab strains, the scientists had identified mutations in a gene encoding a protein called cadherin.

While learning how to culture rhinovirus C, Palmenberg's research team discovered the virus only infects certain lung cells that express a particular genetic form of a cell - surface molecule called cadherin - related protein 3 (CDHR3).

Not exact matches

Dr. Menko, together with first author Caitlin Logan, MD, PhD, and second author Caitlin Bowen, was looking at a mouse that had been engineered to stop producing a key developmental protein called N - cadherin just as the lens was beginning to form.

The culprit in the condition, called aortic valve stenosis, is cadherin - 11, a binding protein necessary for normal wound healing.