anchoring junction

Cell-cell adhesions in Anchoring junctions are mediated by cadherins.

Adherens junctions, desmosomes and hemidesmosomes (anchoring junctions)

Of the three types of anchoring junctions, only two are involved in cell-cell interactions: adherens junctions and desmosomes.

Three types of anchoring junctions are observed, and differ from one another in the cytoskeletal protein anchor as well as the transmembrane linker protein that extends through the membrane: