Cell adhesion
The type of binding interaction shown by cadherins
What is homophilic (or calcium dependent)?
The cell type that produces collagen
What is a fibroblast?
The protein that makes up the thick filament
what is myosin?
the cytoskeletal element that does not demonstrate dynamic instability
what are intermediate filaments?
The ion that cadherin is dependent on for interactions at cell-cell junctions
What is calcium?
Cell-cell adhesion that couples cells both electrically and metabolically
What are gap junctions?
Transmembrane proteins that are required for attachment to the ECM
what are integrins?
Walks towards the + ends of microtubles carrying cargo
What is kinesin
the cytoskeletal element that is an ATPase
what is actin?
the amino acid nicknamed the "helix breaker"
what is proline
Seals neighboring cells, blocking the leakage of extracellular molecules and fluids
What are tight junctions?
A secreted protein that links cell surface proteins and collagen around them?
What is fibronectin?
The functional unit of striated muscle
What is the sarcomere?
Where the - ends of microtubules reside
What is the MTOC/centrosome?
The car that Pres. Coley allegedly drives
What is a cyber truck?
Specialized actin-linked structures involved in tissue formation during development
What are adherens junctions?
The term for collagen when it is made in the secretory pathway, prior to its release
What is pro-collagen?
The protein that makes up the thin filament
what is actin?
The cytoskeletal element that is integral to the nucleus
What are intermediate filaments?
The membrane potential of a typical cell at rest
What is -70mv?
The cell-cell junction that links the intermediate filaments of one cell to another?
What are desmosomal junctions?
What is anchorage dependence?
walks towards the minus ends of microtubules carrying cargo
what is dynein?
The tubulin subunit that does not hydrolyze GTP
What is alpha tubulin?
The membrane potential of at the peak of an action potential
What is +40mV?