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Chapter 19 - Cell Junctions and Cell Adhesion

Cell junctions bind animal cells together in four classes: tight junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomes, and gap junctions. Cadherins are transmembrane proteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion in animals by linking the cytoskeleton to extracellular structures through homophilic adhesion between cadherins on neighboring cells.

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Chapter 19 - Cell Junctions and Cell Adhesion

Cell junctions bind animal cells together in four classes: tight junctions, adherens junctions, desmosomes, and gap junctions. Cadherins are transmembrane proteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion in animals by linking the cytoskeleton to extracellular structures through homophilic adhesion between cadherins on neighboring cells.

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Chapter 19

Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and


the Extracellular Matrix
Two main ways in which animal cells are bound together
Four functional classes of cell junctions in animal tissues
A summary of the various cell junctions found in a vertebrate
epithelial cell, classified according to their primary functions
Transmembrane adhesion proteins link the cytoskeleton to extracellular structures
Cadherins mediate Ca2+-dependent cell-cell adhesion in all animals
Cadherins mediate homophilic adhesion

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