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Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p792)
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- Cell Junctions
- Cell Junction
- Intercellular Junction
- Junction, Cell
- Junction, Intercellular
- Junctions, Cell
- Junctions, Intercellular
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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- Cell Membrane (1966-1969)
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- National Library of Medicine. Intercellular Junctions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007365. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007365
- Intercellular Junctions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14873267