Open AccessThe Glue that Binds Us: The Hunt for the Molecular Basis for Multicellularity
Author(s) -
W. James Nelson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.017
Subject(s) - biology , multicellular organism , developmental biology , cell adhesion , microbiology and biotechnology , embryonic stem cell , evolutionary biology , cell , genetics , gene
This year's Canada Gairdner International Prize is shared by Rolf Kemler and Masatoshi Takeichi for the discovery of the cadherin family of Ca 2+ -dependent cell-cell adhesion proteins, which play essential roles in animal evolution, tissue development, and homeostasis, and are disrupted in human cancers.
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