Surface ligands, usually glycoproteins, that mediate cell-to-cell adhesion. Their functions include the assembly and interconnection of various vertebrate systems, as well as maintenance of tissue integration, wound healing, morphogenic movements, cellular migrations, and metastasis.
    

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Zebrafish embryo neurone

Cell adhesion and human disease / [editors, Joan Marsh and Jamie A. Goode].

The leucocyte antigen factsbook / A. Neil Barclay [and others].

The adhesion molecule factsbook / Rod Pigott, Christine Power.

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Cell adhesion and human disease / [editors, Joan Marsh and Jamie A. Goode].

The leucocyte antigen factsbook / A. Neil Barclay [and others].

The adhesion molecule factsbook / Rod Pigott, Christine Power.

Zebrafish embryo neurone