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Introduction
Multicellular organisms combine cells into
tissues.
I. Cell junctions
-tight junctions, adherans junctions, desmosomes,
focal adhesions, hemidesmosomes, gap junctions
abundant inepithelialtissues.
Cell junction based on location
Between cells
1) Tight junction
2) Adherense junction
3) Desmosomes
4) Gap junctions
1) Hemidesmosome
Cell junctions based on function
Three types of cell junctions:
1. Occluding junctions: seal cells together into sheets
(forming an impermeable barrier)
OCCLUDING JUNCTIONS
1. tight junctions (vertebrates only)
ANCHORING JUNCTIONS
Actin filament attachment sites
1. cell-cell junctions (adherens junctions)
COMMUNICATING JUNCTIONS
1. gap junctions
2. chemical synapses
3. plasmodesmata (plants only)
Tight junctions
Important for the functioning of epithelial cells as
barriers
cytoskelton