In particular, adaptor complexes bind adherens junctions to cytoskeletal actin ... Cell signaling isn't just central to tissue architecture and function: It also plays an important role in ...

Previous studies have shown that adherens junctions and desmosomes play critical ... eliminate its activity due to the overlapping functions of its key constituents. A few years ago, the research ...

Tight junctions (blue dots) between cells are connected areas of the plasma membrane that stitch cells together. Adherens junctions (red dots) join the actin filaments of neighboring cells together.