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Cell shape and cell contacts are determined by transmembrane receptor-mediated associations of the cytoskeleton with specific extracellular matrix proteins and with ligands on the surface of adjacent cells. The cytoplasmic domains of these microfilament-membrane associations at the adherens junction sites, also Iocalize a variety of regulatory molecules involved in signal transduction and gene regulation.

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