There are four major types of cell–cell junctions in the polarized epithelial cells of vertebrates. Farquhar and Palade (1963) defined three of them.
Three in one: The EM of an intestinal epithelium reveals a tight junction (arrows 1 to 2), adherens junction (arrows 2 to 3), and desmosomes (arrows 4 to 5).
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The Rockefeller University Press
2005
The Rockefeller University Press
2005
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