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Cadherins

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  1. Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium

    Dr. Paco Hulpiau & Frans van Roy

  2. Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium

    Frans van Roy

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Robert H. Kretsinger

  2. Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Vladimir N. Uversky

  3. Institute for Biological Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

    Eugene A. Permyakov

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Hulpiau, P., van Roy, F. (2013). Cadherins. In: Kretsinger, R.H., Uversky, V.N., Permyakov, E.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6_40

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