title: Ligand-receptor and junction-mediated cell-cell interactions: comparison of the two principles.
abstract: Two major forms of cell-cell interaction--namely, ligand-receptor interactions and junction-mediated interactions--have different functional implications and naturally supplement each other in the most important tissue processes. The former type of interaction may be defined as distant and mainly "intertissue"; as a rule it determines temporal coordination of cell functioning. The latter is local and preferentially "intratissue"; it determines spatial coordination of cell activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Information Transmission Problems, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chailakhyan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface