MeSH definition : Anchoring points where the CYTOSKELETON of neighboring cells are connected to each
other. They are composed of specialized areas of the plasma membrane where bundles
of the ACTIN CYTOSKELETON attach to the membrane through the transmembrane linkers,
CADHERINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to cadherins in
the neighboring cell membranes. In sheets of cells, they form into adhesion belts
(zonula adherens) that go all the way around a cell.;
Anchoring points where the CYTOSKELETON of neighboring cells are connected to each
other. They are composed of specialized areas of the plasma membrane where bundles
of the ACTIN CYTOSKELETON attach to the membrane through the transmembrane linkers,
CADHERINS, which in turn attach through their extracellular domains to cadherins in
the neighboring cell membranes. In sheets of cells, they form into adhesion belts
(zonula adherens) that go all the way around a cell.