Cell adhesion molecules participate in tissue development and maintenance by mediating interactions between cells and extracellular matrix.
The fundamental tasks of the root system are, besides anchoring, mediating interactions between plant and soil and providing the plant with water and nutrients.
Cell adhesion molecules participate in tissue development and maintenance by mediating interactions between cells and between cells and the extracellular matrix.
As such, VCAM-1 may play a previously unrecognized role in mediating interactions between donor effector T lymphocytes and host epithelial cell targets.
The multisubunit transcription factor TFIID is essential for directing eukaryotic promoter recognition and mediating interactions with activators/cofactors during assembly of the preinitiation complex.
Families of conserved protein domains, specialized in mediating interactions with short linear peptide motifs, are responsible for the formation of a variety of dynamic complexes in the cell.
CX3CR1+ MNPs express antifungal receptors and activate antifungal responses in a Syk-dependent manner, unraveling a role of CX3CR1+ MNPs in mediating interactions between intestinal mycobiota and host immunity at steady state and during inflammatory disease (Leonardi et al., 2018).
Investigators have identified the amino acid sequences of the PB1, PB2, and PA proteins that function in specific steps of virus-specific RNA synthesis or in mediating interactions between the three proteins (2).
These data define roles of IL-22 beyond epithelial cross talk, and suggest that IL-22 has a previously unidentified role in skin repair by mediating interactions between immune cells and fibroblasts.
Binding of diverse agonists to AHR initiates an extensive set of downstream gene expression responses and thus identifies AHR among a key set of proteins responsible for mediating interactions between living organisms and foreign molecules.
We speculate that an important role of lubricin in mediating interactions at the cartilage surface is to attach to the cartilage surface and provide a protective coating that maintains the contacting surfaces in a sterically repulsive state.
