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.
A few years ago, the research group succeeded in generating an epithelial cell line that specifically and completely lacks tight junction membrane proteins claudins and JAM-A, and demonstrated ...
Biol. 18, 177–182 2008). After calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum, STIM1 translocates to the ER plasma membrane junctions where it activates calcium channels as part of the store ...