Match the cellular junction with its characteristic (side of cell, cellular role, intracellular connection or transmembrane protein)

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Chapter3: The Plasma Membrane And Membrane Potential
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  1. Match the cellular junction with its characteristic (side of cell, cellular role, intracellular connection or transmembrane protein)

                                                               

    tight junctions

                                                               

    focal adhesions

                                                               

    desomsomes

                                                               

    gap junctions

    A.

    link the intermediate filaments of neighboring cells using homophilic cadherin-cadherin binding

    B.

    integrins link the actin-myosin stress fibers to the extracellular matrix

    C.

    occludins bind to occludins and prohibit the diffusion of membrane proteins from the baso-lateral surface to the apical surface of epithelial cells

    D.

    connexons form pores between cells in an epithelial sheet or tube

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