Gene:
neuronal cell adhesion molecule
Gene ID:
194581
Symbol:
NRCAM
Species:
1000
Description:
The cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are a subset of the immunoglobin (Ig) superfamily found in the nervous systems of both vertebrates and invertebrates. They are usually surface membrane proteins with multiple Ig domains at their N termini followed by several fibronectin type III repeats and either a transmembrane intracellular domain or a glycophosphatidylinositol-linked membrane anchor at the C terminus (Lane et al., 1996).[supplied by OMIM]