Intercellular Junctions
Description
  Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p792)
Synonyms
  Cell Junctions
Cell Junction
Intercellular Junction
Junction, Cell
Junction, Intercellular
Junctions, Cell
Junctions, Intercellular
Parents
  Cell Membrane Structures
Children
  Adherens Junctions
Desmosomes
Gap Junctions
Plasmodesmata
Synapses
Tight Junctions
Experts
  Harriet C. Isom
Tree Numbers
  A11.284.149.165.420
MeSH ID
  D007365

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