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The Well-Connected Cell. Text and image sources are included using the notes function of this file. Classes of cell-cell junctions. ZO-1 ZO-3 DNA. Tight (Occluding) Junctions. Sealers. Organizers Informants. Claudins Occludins JAMs. ß-catenin. PTEN. Tight Junctions seal.
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The Well-Connected Cell Text and image sources are included using the notes function of this file
ZO-1ZO-3 DNA Tight (Occluding) Junctions Sealers Organizers Informants Claudins Occludins JAMs ß-catenin PTEN
Tight Junctions seal dense tracer
I. Belt (Adherens) Junctions in cardiac muscle Cadherin CAMs
The Adherens Junction interactome The Adherens Junction Interactome
Forging links GFP::actin
II. Desmosomal Junctions (Plakoglobins anchor MFs) CytokeratinDesmosomes
A day in the life of an epithelium Desmocollin-GFP Imaged over a 24 hour period
III. Hemidesmosomes anchor IMF to ECM RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) via integrin Heterodimers (18 alpha x 8 beta) ECM
Loss of hemidesmosomal connections creates blistering diseases
FAds anchor stress fibers Actin-GFP and Vinculin
Special Delivery?Microtubules target FAds GFP::CLIP-170 (+TIP) and Ds-Red::zyxin (@ FAds) GFP::tubulin and Ds-Red::zyxin (@ FAds)
Communicating Junctions GFP-Connexin-43 localizes at cell-cell contact points
Connexin hexamers form gap junctions 2nm fields
Gap junction fields Tightly-packed gap junctions
Gap junctions permit low MW molecules (<1kDa) to move between cells scrape
AFM of gap junction field reveals the 6-fold symmetry of the connexion channel +Ca++ -Ca++ And a role for calcium in conductance regulation
Plasmodesmata The symplast refers to the linked protoplasmic network in plants
Plant cell lineages are linked in distinct symplastic routes