Fascia adherens

Definition: A cell-cell adherens junction that contains the transmembrane protein N-cadherin, which interacts with identical molecules from neighboring cells to form a tight mechanical intercellular link; forms a large portion of the intercalated disc, the structure at which myofibrils terminate in cardiomyocytes.

ID: GO:0005916

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Articles referencing this term

Microfluidic systems to examine intercellular coupling of pairs of cardiac myocytes
Norbert Klauke, Godfrey Smith and Jonathan M. Cooper, Lab Chip, 2007 , 7 , 731
DOI: 10.1039/b706175g