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Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edition. New York: Garland Science; 2002.

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Table 19-1A Functional Classification of Cell Junctions

OCCLUDING JUNCTIONS
1.tight junctions (vertebrates only)
2.septate junctions (invertebrates mainly)
ANCHORING JUNCTIONS
Actin filament attachment sites
1.cell-cell junctions (adherens junctions)
2.cell-matrix junctions (focal adhesions)
Intermediate filament attachment sites
1.cell-cell junctions (desmosomes)
2.cell-matrix junctions (hemidesmosomes)
COMMUNICATING JUNCTIONS
1.gap junctions
2.chemical synapses
3.plasmodesmata (plants only)

From: Cell Junctions

Copyright © 2002, Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter; Copyright © 1983, 1989, 1994, Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and James D. Watson .

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