| Term: | presumptive retinal pigmented epithelium adherens junction |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | presumptive retinal pigmented epithelium |
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| Synonyms: | outer layer optic cup, presumptive pigmented epithelia |
| Definition: | Portion of tissue that is the outer layer of the optic cup and will become the retinal pigmented epithelium. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000064] |
| Name: | adherens junction |
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| Synonyms: | cell-cell adherens junction |
| Definition: | 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005912] QuickGO AmiGO |