Not exact matches
Nectins tend to bind heterophilically, meaning that they adhere more strongly to nectins of a
different type, and have been shown to serve as recruiters for
cadherin molecules.
Previous studies showed that cells which express the same type of
cadherin interact with each other, but cells with
different types of
cadherins remain separate.
However, two types of cells in the olfactory epithelium (specialized tissue responsible for sense of smell), are mixed together and form a mosaic pattern despite expressing
different types of
cadherins.
The accumulation of
different amounts of
cadherins produced
different levels of adhesiveness between cell junctions, resulting in a mosaic pattern.
(Right) Cells with
different types of
cadherins and nectins make a mosaic pattern through partial mingling.
He said that by collaborating with Indian scientists, «we discovered that the same
cadherin gene is associated with the resistance in India, but the mutations are
different and much more numerous than the ones we found in lab - selected pink bollworm from Arizona.»
Different roles of
cadherins in the assembly and structural integrity of the desmosome complex.