Physical attachment of cells in a tissue or organ is mediated by different types of junctions, one of which is anchoring junctions. This includes both cell-cell adhesions and cell-extracellular matrix […]
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Understanding Cell Junctions: Correct and Incorrect Characteristics of Tight Junctions, Desmosomes, Gap Junctions, and Hemidesmosomes
Junctions which tether cytoskeletal filaments inside the cell are known as (1) anchoring junctions (2) occluding junctions (3) channel forming junction (4) signal – relay junction correct answer is: (1) […]
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Cell Junctions: Identifying Common Misconceptions in Cell Adhesion and Communication
In a tissue, cells are bound together by physical attachment between cell to cell or between cell to the extracellular matrix. The following are some of the characteristics of cell […]
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Understanding Cell Junctions: Correcting Misconceptions About Adherens Junctions and Desmosomes
In a tissue,cells are bound together by physical attatchment between cell to cell oe between cell to extra cellular matrix. Following are some of the characterstics of cell junctions: (A) […]
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Clarifying Cell Junction Functions: The Role and Misconceptions About Hemidesmosomes
Physical attachment between cell to cell or between cells to extracellular matrix imparts rigidity to a tissue. Which of the following characteristic is NOT true for cell junction? (1) Desmosomes […]
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Clarifying Misconceptions About Immunoglobulin Superfamily Proteins in Cell Adhesion
There are many superfamilies of adhesion proteins, which play a central role in cell-cell adhesion in animal. lg superfamily proteins are one such adhesion proteins. Which one of the following […]
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Understanding Cell-Cell Adhesion Proteins: Correcting Common Misconceptions
31. Which one of the following statements about cell-cell interactions is NOT true? A. Cadherins are transmembrane linker proteins which carry out Ca2+-mediated adhesion between adjacent cells. B. Integrins are […]
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Key Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Their Functional Roles Explained
Following are a list of extracellular matrix proteins (Column A) along with their functional characteristics (Column B): Which one of the following is the correct match? (1) A- i; B-iv; […]
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Animal Cell-Cell Adhesion Protein Families and Their Functional Characteristics
29. In animals, four separates families of cell — cell adhesion proteins are listed in Column A and their functional characteristics are given in Column B Which one of the […]
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Plasmodesmata: The Essential Communicating Junctions in Plants
Which one of the following is the communicating junction linking adjacent cells in plants, which permits small molecules to pass from cell to cell while blocking the passage of most […]
