2074v Alpha1-Beta1 and Alpha6-Beta1-Integrin

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Integrins are a family of alpha-beta-heterodimers, comprising of different beta chains that associate with different alpha chains. Integrins primarily mediate cell adhesion and recognize a variety of ligands including extracellular matrix proteins, cell surface proteins and plasma proteins.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). 2074v Alpha1-Beta1 and Alpha6-Beta1-Integrin. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_5

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_5
Published: 24 January 2024
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