Open AccessDesmosomes in a tangle
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1632rr1
Subject(s) - adherens junction , tangle , biology , cadherin , actin , microbiology and biotechnology , protein filament , intermediate filament , cell junction , electron tomography , cytoskeleton , biophysics , cell , electron microscope , genetics , physics , optics , scanning transmission electron microscopy , mathematics , pure mathematics
![][1] The shape of desmosomal cadherins (blue) can be seen using electron tomography.Stokes/AAASIntermediate filament–associated desmosomes—like their actin-associated counterparts, adherens junctions—link neighboring epithelial cells through cadherin connections. Crystal
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