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Designing a Western blot for Cadherin-5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Cadherin-5.
It partners with alpha-catenin forming a link to the cytoskeleton. Acts in concert with KRIT1 to establish and maintain correct endothelial cell polarity and vascular lumen.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CDH5 |
| Uniprot: | P33151 |
| Entrez: | 1003 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

7B4 antigen; 7B4; cadherin 5, type 2 (vascular endothelium); cadherin 5, type 2, VE-cadherin (vascular epithelium); Cadherin-5; CD144 antigen; CD144; CDH5; endothelial-specific cadherin; FLJ17376; Vascular endothelial cadherin; VECadherin; VE-Cadherin
Mass (kDA):
87.528 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16q21 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (66366657..66404784) |
Endothelial tissues and brain.
Cell junction. Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Found at cell-cell boundaries and probably at cell-matrix boundaries. KRIT1 and CDH5 reciprocally regulate their localization to endothelial cell-cell junctions.





PMID: 7627717 by Breviario F., et al. Functional properties of human vascular endothelial cadherin (7B4/cadherin-5), an endothelium-specific cadherin.
PMID: 9219219 by Ali J., et al. Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin): cloning and role in endothelial cell-cell adhesion.
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