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#Question id: 1358


In going from the apical to the basal end of an epithelial cell, in what order do the various cell surface junctions appear?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. tighl junction —> adherens  junction —>desmosomes —> hemidesmosonm 

  2. Desmosomes—>hemidesmosomes—>adheren s junctio n—>tight junction

  3. adherens junction —> tight junction —> desmosomes —> hemidesmosomes

  4. light junclion —> adhcrens junclion —> hemidesmosomes —>desmosomes