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Cell Clumping - (Jul/29/2008 )

I was wondering what causes cell clumping is it something just physical or is it something molecular like actual cadherin-cadherin attachment. The reason I ask is I studying potential effects of a drug on E-cadherin and I wanted to make sure that clumping wasn't messing anything up.

-jshaya-

QUOTE (jshaya @ Jul 29 2008, 08:06 AM)
I was wondering what causes cell clumping is it something just physical or is it something molecular like actual cadherin-cadherin attachment. The reason I ask is I studying potential effects of a drug on E-cadherin and I wanted to make sure that clumping wasn't messing anything up.


think also of the glycocalyx as oligo- and polymeric carbohydrates

-The Bearer-