A large family of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) that promote adhesions of cells to the extracellular matrix or the surface of other cells. Like other CAMs, they have been shown to have important functions in the formation of the cerebral and cerebellar cortices.
See Adhesion molecules, Cadherins, Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), Cell locomotion, Extracellular matrix, Growth cone, Lissencephaly