Cell junctions and the extracellular matrix

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Across
  1. 2. What runs through the center of most plasmodesmata.
  2. 9. A tyrosine kinase involved in integrin signaling
  3. 10. What is not generated if the N-terminal part of the cadherin molecule is not attatched
  4. 12. One of the nonclassical cadherin proteins in desmosomes
  5. 14. Is the seal in tight junctions absolute?
  6. 15. Gap junction proteins that are found in invertebrates
  7. 17. The main component of the fibers in the extracellular matrix that gives tissues such as skin, blood vessels, and lungs stretch resistance
Down
  1. 1. In most connective tissues,…......secrete the matrix macromolecules
  2. 3. More than 60% of cell types in vertebrate body are?
  3. 4. One of the two main proteins in tight junction
  4. 5. A member of the cadherin superfamily with a seven transmembrane helix domain.
  5. 6. One of the molecular components of desmosome, that the cytoplasmic tails of desmoglein and desmocollin bind to
  6. 7. Where do we find plasmodesmata?
  7. 8. What links cadherins to the actin cytoskeleton?
  8. 11. Connexons are made of six?
  9. 13. What is created by assembly of secreted proteins and polysaccharids into an organized network?
  10. 16. Homozygous knock-out of the gene for the laminin γ chain in mice leads to?