Examples of zonula occludens in the following topics:
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- This is why tight junctions are also called
zonula occludens.
- The word zonula comes
from words that mean small zone or encircling belt, while occludens comes from the Latin word occludere,
which means to close up.
- Zonula occludens (ZO) are proteins that help link the tight
junction to each cell's internal skeleton (cytoskeleton).
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- Adherens junctions are also referred to as zonula adherens,
intermediate junction, or as belt desmosomes.
- Zonula means small zone or belt-like, and adherens refers to adhesion
(sticking together).
- As a result, the
zonula adherens often runs like a belt around the entire cell in a continuous fashion, and it acts as an adhesion belt.