The second level of organization is the coiling of the 10-nm fiber of nucleosomes into a helical array to constitute the fiber of diameter 30 nm.

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Homophilic Binding 

A CAM on one cell can directly bind to the same kind of CAM on an adjacent cell

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Homophilic Binding 

A CAM on one cell can directly bind to the same kind of CAM on an adjacent cell

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Homophilic Binding 

A CAM on one cell can directly bind to the same kind of CAM on an adjacent cell

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Heterophilic Binding

A CAM on one cell can directly bind to a different class of CAM on an adjacent cell 

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CAMs can be broadly distributed along the regions of plasma membranes that contact other cells or clustered in discrete patches or spots called cell junctions.

 

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The formation of many cell-cell adhesions entails two types of molecular interactions:

1. Trans binding interactions 

2. Cis binding interactions