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Cells stick to one another to form membranes that regulate the flow of nutrients into and out of the body. These kidney cells express proteins that function in cell-cell adherence tagged with either a green or red fluorescent protein. These proteins are critical in maintaining the shape of the organs inside our bodies.
Image credit: Alex Ritter, Jennifer Lippincott Schwartz and Gillian Griffiths, National Institutes of Health
