Cell junctions or junctional complexes are a class of cellular structures consisting of multiprotein complexes that provide contact or adhesion between...
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Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells are solar cells with multiple p–n junctions made of different semiconductor materials. Each material's p–n junction will...
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Gap junctions are membrane channels between adjacent cells that allow the direct exchange of cytoplasmic substances, such small molecules, substrates,...
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either through direct contact between cell surfaces such as cell junctions or indirect interaction, where cells attach to surrounding extracellular matrix...
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Epithelium (redirect from Epithelial cell)
Cell junctions are the contact points between plasma membrane and tissue cells. There are mainly 5 different types of cell junctions: tight junctions...
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In cell biology, adherens junctions (or zonula adherens, intermediate junction, or "belt desmosome") are protein complexes that occur at cell–cell junctions...
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role maintaining the structure and permeability of endothelial cells. Tight junctions may also serve as leaky pathways by forming selective channels for...
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for the survival of the cell. Interactions between cells can be stable such as those made through cell junctions. These junctions are involved in the communication...
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common single-junction silicon solar cell can produce a maximum open-circuit voltage of approximately 0.5 to 0.6 volts. Photovoltaic cells may operate under...
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In a basic Schottky-junction (Schottky-barrier) solar cell, an interface between a metal and a semiconductor provides the band bending necessary for charge...
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neuromuscular junction, presynaptic motor axons terminate 30 nanometers from the cell membrane or sarcolemma of a muscle fiber. The sarcolemma at the junction has...
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Intestinal epithelium (redirect from Gastrointestinal epithelial cell)
of cell junction which can be identified at the ultrastructural level: Gap junctions Desmosomes Adherens junctions Tight junctions Gap junctions bring...
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surface of intercellular tight junctions. The encoded protein may be involved in signal transduction at cell–cell junctions. Two transcript variants encoding...
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electrochemical cell is a device that generates electrical energy from chemical reactions. Electrical energy can also be applied to these cells to cause chemical...
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the creation of integrated circuits. Solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are essentially p-n junctions where the semiconductor materials are chosen...
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of the skin epidermis. Desmosomes are cell-cell junctions between epithelial, myocardial and certain other cell types. Desmoglein-1 is a calcium-binding...
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Vaginal epithelium (section Cell junctions)
membrane of each epithelial cell. Adherens junctions (zonula adherens) connect bundles of actin filaments from cell to cell to form a continuous adhesion...
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interaction of two polarity complexes implicated in epithelial tight junction assembly". Nat. Cell Biol. 5 (2): 137–42. doi:10.1038/ncb923. PMID 12545177. S2CID 25212419...
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game), 1990 Junction Theatre Company, in South Australia (1984–2002) Junction system, a feature of the video game Final Fantasy VIII Cell junction, a class...
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tissues and functions to mediate cell–cell adhesion. In cardiac muscle, Cadherin-2 is an integral component in adherens junctions residing at intercalated discs...
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GJA1 (redirect from Gap junction protein, alpha 1)
is a component of gap junctions, which allow for gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) between cells to regulate cell death, proliferation,...
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silicon-based tandem cells, to 29.8%, exceeding the maximum efficiency achieved in single-junction silicon solar cells. Perovskite solar cells have therefore...
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T-cadherin (section Regulation of cell growth)
reorganization. In contrast, T-cadherin is not involved in forming cell-cell junctions but participates in signaling pathways that modulate cellular responses...
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Franke WW (Dec 2003). "A novel cell-cell junction system: the cortex adhaerens mosaic of lens fiber cells". J. Cell Sci. 116 (Pt 24): 4985–95. doi:10...
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record for solar cell efficiency is 47.6%, set in May 2022 by Fraunhofer ISE, with a III-V four-junction concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) cell. This beat the...
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electrical and chemical communication between cells without exporting material from the cytoplasm. Gap junctions play an important regulatory role in various...
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was first identified in epithelial cells as a 65 kDa integral plasma-membrane protein localized at the tight junctions. Together with Claudins, and zonula...
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Intercellular communication (redirect from Cell bridge)
the cell wall in plants or collagen in animals. When the membranes of two animal cells are close, they may form special types of cell junctions, which...
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cell biology studies including cell polarity, cell-cell adhesions (termed adherens junctions), collective cell motility, toxicity studies, as well as responses...
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Desmosome (category Cell anatomy)
adherentes) (Latin for adhering spot), is a cell structure specialized for cell-to-cell adhesion. A type of junctional complex, they are localized spot-like...
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