Glial cells in the nerve cord of the annelid worm, Aphrodita aculeata are rich in 10 nm filaments, and desmosomes are abundant. Figure 89 from Chapter 3 (Junctional Specializations) of 'The Cell, 2nd ...

Stratified squamous epithelium from the esophagus of the rat. Keratin filaments (tonofilaments, arrows) are sparse, and desmosomes are few (see inset), in the basal cell layer of this tissue. Figures...

Transmission electron micrograph of desmosomes (macula adherens)in the junctional complex between cells in frog skin. The upper desmosome is cut obliquely and appears much wider than the lower (vertic...

Gap junctions in papillary muscle from cat heart. These communicating junctions are responsible for the spreading wave of depolarization through the myocardium. Desmosomes can also be found on the l...

Upper panel, adjoining portions of two cells in the stratum spinosum of hamster cheek pouch epithelium shows desmosome junctions between two cells. Lower, a portion of the basal surface of a cell in ...

These examples of ependymal epithelium from the rat brain represent epithelia that lack zonulae occludentes. Further, there appears to be no consistent order to the junctional specializations that are...

Transmission electron micrograph of adherens junctions (macula adherens or desmosome)in the proximal tubule of a rat kidney. The junctions with associated tonofilaments are seen at the apposed plasma...

Electron micrograph of the junctional complex of intestinal epithelial cells of the rat shows the apical-most zonula occludens (tight junction), the zonula adherens (medium junction) and the macula ad...

Cell junctions formed between adjacent epidermal cells in Fundulus heteroclitus scales. Desmosomes line the membranes of two epidermal cells. A vast network of intermediate filaments and microfilament...

Images of desmosomes from conventional EM and freeze fracture preparations show transmembrane filaments that link two hemidesmosomes. Upper: section of a cell boundary in the ciliary epithelium of th...