You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

1B).
b-catenin normally associates with E-cadherin and with a-catenin and thereby participates in the regulation of cell-to-cell adhesion (Vleminckx and Kemler 1999; Miyoshi and Takai 2005).
Background