## Abstract Desmosomes (__macula adherens__) have been associated with the function of adhesion. Their possible role in aggregation and sorting of chick and mouse epithelial cells has been investigated. Treatment of aggregates with 2β5 ΞΌg/ml of actinomycin D which inhibited RNA synthesis also inhib
Hybrid desmosomes in aggregated chick and mouse cells
β Scribed by Overton, Jane ;Kapmarski, Rita
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 888 KB
- Volume
- 192
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Mouse embryo skin epidermis has been examined during maturation, and stages have been found when desmosomes are first scarce, then increasing in frequency and finally numerous. Cells of skin epithelium from these stages have been combined in reaggregates with cells of the 15βday chick corneal epithelium which also form desmosomes readily. When these two cell types are reaggregated in the presence of cytochalasin B which inhibits cell sorting, they form numerous junctions with each other. Desmosomes in mouse and chick appear similar morphologically except for certain cytoplasmic components. Mouse skin epidermis cells combined with cardiac muscle or intestinal epithelium formed imperfect or no specialized contacts. The possible role of junctions in cell sorting in reaggregates is discussed.
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