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SUBMITTER: Katsunuma S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4772500 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of cell biology 20160201 5
In the olfactory epithelium (OE), olfactory cells (OCs) and supporting cells (SCs), which express different cadherins, are arranged in a characteristic mosaic pattern in which OCs are enclosed by SCs. However, the mechanism underlying this cellular patterning is unclear. Here, we show that the cellular pattern of the OE is established by cellular rearrangements during development. In the OE, OCs express nectin-2 and N-cadherin, and SCs express nectin-2, nectin-3, E-cadherin, and N-cadherin. Hete ...[more]