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Chapter 19 Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix

Chapter 19 Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix. Two main ways in which animal cells are bound together. Four functional classes of cell junctions in animal tissues. A summary of the various cell junctions found in a vertebrate

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Chapter 19 Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix

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  1. Chapter 19 Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix

  2. Two main ways in which animal cells are bound together

  3. Four functional classes of cell junctions in animal tissues

  4. A summary of the various cell junctions found in a vertebrate epithelial cell, classified according to their primary functions

  5. Transmembrane adhesion proteins link the cytoskeleton to extracellular structures

  6. Cadherins mediate Ca2+-dependent cell-cell adhesion in all animals

  7. Cadherins mediate homophilic adhesion

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