Concept information
Preferred term
Adherens Junctions
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Anchoring points where the CYTOSKELETON of neighboring cells are connected to each other. They are composed of specialized areas of the plasma membrane where bundles of the ACTIN CYTOSKELETON attach to the membrane through the transmembrane linkers, CADHERINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to cadherins in the neighboring cell membranes. In sheets of cells, they form into adhesion belts (zonula adherens) that go all the way around a cell.
Broader concept
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In other languages
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French
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Ceinture d'adhérence
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Jonctions intermédiaires
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XSTTQ7F6-2
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