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  • noun Plural form of catenin.

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  • Among these, we detected a small cluster involved in tight junctions and a larger cluster related to cadherin-catenins, which are major components of adherens junctions in neuronal and epithelial tissues.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter V. Lovell et al. 2008

  • Specifically, we observed an overall positive regulation of components related to the formation of adherens junctions (i.e. cadherins, catenins;

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter V. Lovell et al. 2008

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