Adherens Junctions
"Adherens Junctions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D022005
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.149.165.420.020
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| Concept/Terms |
Adherens Junctions- Adherens Junctions
- Adherens Junction
- Junction, Adherens
- Junctions, Adherens
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