Definition of "cadherin" [cadherin]

• Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure. (noun)

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• "E-cadherin is probably the best understood cadherin."
• "For example, if a certain kind of protein on the surface of a cell - a "cadherin" -- tends to get sticky under certain microenvironmental conditions, and when this happens cadherin-bearing cells will clump together."
• "The studies identified variants located in a region of the chromosome between two genes encoding cell adhesion molecules called cadherin 9 and cadherin 10."