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Cell adhesion

Cell adhesion is the process by which cells interact and attach to neighbouring cells through specialised molecules of the cell surface. This process can occur either through direct contact between cell surfaces such as cell junctions or indirect interaction, where cells attach to surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM), a gel-like structure containing…

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Cell adhesion

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples62
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
Components1

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Cell adhesion

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related to Clinical significance · 11
Cell adhesion → An, CAMs, Due, Dysfunction, LAD-I, Leukocytes, Loss, One, Other CAMs, There, This
related to External links · 11
Cell adhesion → Alberts, Biochemistry, Cell, Cell Biology, Cooper, Extracellular Matrix, Lodish, Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, The Cell, The Virtual Library
related to General mechanism · 8
Cell adhesion → According, Cadherins, CAMs, Cell, Defects, Each, IgSF, In
related to Cell–cell junctions · 6
Cell adhesion → Ca2, Cadherins, CAMs, Cell, In, This
related to Prokaryotes · 6
Cell adhesion → Adhesins, Escherichia, Pathogenic, Prokaryotes, These, Vibrio
related to Eukaryotes · 5
Cell adhesion → An, Molecules, Plant, Plasmodium, Protozoans
is a · 1
Cell adhesion → process by which cells interact and attach to neighbouring cells through specialised molecules of the cell surface
see also · 1
Cell adhesion → Differential

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cell cells adhesion molecules junctions cadherins extracellular integrins cams matrix also proteins filaments different endothelial bind domains actin host desmosomes

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Cell adhesionis aprocess by which cells interact and attach to neighbouring cells through specialised molecules of the cell surface0.90text
cell junctions or indirect interactioninstance ofThis process can occur either through direct contact between cell surfaces0.80text
where cells attach to surrounding extracellular matrixinstance ofThis process can occur either through direct contact between cell surfaces0.80text
adherens junctionsinstance ofIn anchoring junctions between cells0.80text
desmosomesinstance ofIn anchoring junctions between cells0.80text
the main CAMs present are the cadherinsinstance ofIn anchoring junctions between cells0.80text
desmogleinsinstance ofnon-classical cadherins0.80text
desmocollins act as adhesion moleculesinstance ofnon-classical cadherins0.80text
they are linked to intermediate filaments instead of actin filamentsinstance ofnon-classical cadherins0.80text
plectinsinstance ofwhich interacts with intracellular domain of integrins via adapter proteins0.80text
BP230instance ofwhich interacts with intracellular domain of integrins via adapter proteins0.80text
Escherichia coliinstance ofPathogenic species0.80text

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