Key Terms

adapter proteins 924

adherens junction 933

adhesion receptor 923

anchoring junction 932

basal lamina 931

cadherin 933

cell-adhesion molecule (CAM) 923

cell wall 968

collagen 945

connexin 942

desmosome 933

elastin 951

epithelia 922

epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition 936

extracellular matrix (ECM) 923

fibrillar collagen 951

fibronectin 956

gap junction 932

glycosaminoglycan (GAG) 953

hyaluronan 956

immunoglobulin cell-adhesion molecule (IgCAM) 965

integrin 938

laminin 947

matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) 960

multi-adhesive matrix protein 945

paracellular pathway 941

plasmodesmata 969

proteoglycan 945

RGD motif 938

selectin 966

syndecan 955

tight junction 932