Developmental Cell
Volume 21, Issue 1, 19 July 2011, Pages 24-26
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Self-Organization of Animal Tissues: Cadherin-Mediated Processes

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Animal cells are capable of self-organizing into multicellular tissues, and important players in this process are cadherin receptors. Through the homophilic interactions of cadherins, cells adhere to one another. Cells can also dynamically change shapes or positions within tissue layers via cadherin-cytoskeleton interactions and become arranged into various architectures.

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