Preferred Label : intercellular junctions;
MeSH definition : Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small
to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or
freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL
MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE
are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of
the Cell, 2d ed, p792);
MeSH synonym : intercellular junction; junctions, cell; junction, intercellular; junctions, intercellular; cell junctions; cell junction; junction, cell;
MeSH annotation : A 11 qualif except /cytol /transpl; /genet permitted;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell junction;
Origin ID : D007365;
UMLS CUI : C0021721;
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Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small
to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or
freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL
MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE
are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of
the Cell, 2d ed, p792)
