cell junction
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NAME:
cell junction
DEFINITON:
A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix.
TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:
GO:0030054
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TERM ID:
PLANA:0000506
ABOUT THIS TERM:
cell junction
↳is a cell-cell contact zone
→ cell-cell junction and adherens junction is a cell junction
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→ cell-cell junction and adherens junction is a cell junction
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