Category:GO:0005912 ! adherens junction

name: adherens junction
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0005913
def: "A cell-cell junction composed of the epithelial cadherin-catenin complex. The epithelial cadherins, or E-cadherins, of each interacting cell extend through the plasma membrane into the extracellular space and bind to each other. The E-cadherins bind to catenins on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane, where the E-cadherin-catenin complex binds to cytoskeletal components and regulatory and signaling molecules." [GOC:aruk, GOC:bc, GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:17854762, PMID:20571587, PMID:21422226, PMID:28096264]
synonym: "cell-cell adherens junction" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Adherens_junction
is_a: GO:0005911 ! cell-cell junction

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