This article begins with a general review of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) and narrows the focus down progressively to the cadherins (calcium binding-dependent CAMs), classifications of subfamilies of the cadherins, type I (E- and N-) cadherins, evolutionary relationships amongst cadherins, structural-mechanical and functional consequences of calcium binding to the cadherins, differential molecular interactions involving the extracellular (ecto) and intracellular (cytoplasmic) domains of the cadherins, multiple adherence-related homophilic and heterophilic interactions and associated functions of E- and N-cadherin in organismal development and disease and cadherin trafficking and membrane rafts. It ends by summarizing multiple perspectives and hypotheses concerning different aspects of cadherin structure, stability and function.
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Tiwari, P., Mrigwani, A., Kaur, H., Kaila, P., Kumar, R., & Guptasarma, P. (2018). Structural-mechanical and biochemical functions of classical cadherins at cellular junctions: A review and some hypotheses. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Vol. 1112, pp. 107–138). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3065-0_9
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