connecting hemi-adherens junction

id: GO:0005926
name: connecting hemi-adherens junction
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cell-substrate adherens junction, also known as a hemiadherens junction (HAJ) that forms one of a pair of junctions in opposing cells that are separated by only 30-40nm, with a thin line of extracellular electron-dense material in between; found where muscles attach to epidermal cells directly (in insects).

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