Cadherins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000978",
  "term": "Cadherins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. They are important in the formation of adherens junctions between cells. Cadherins are classified by their distinct immunological and tissue specificities, either by letters (E- for epithelial, N- for neural, and P- for placental cadherins) or by numbers (cadherin-12 or N-cadherin 2 for brain-cadherin). Cadherins promote cell adhesion via a homophilic mechanism as in the construction of tissues and of the whole animal body.",
  "synonyms": [
    "protocadherins"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "cell adhesion molecules",
    "cell adhesion",
    "adherens junctions",
    "beta catenin",
    "gamma catenin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cadherinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cadherins/"
}