Cells of a plant? Or an animal, etc. What makes them stick together?
Generally molecules that hold cells together allowing cell-cell interaction and communication are called adhesion molecules. Basically these are proteins found in every cell which becomes attracted resulting to the sticking up of cells. In plants, the one responsible for this are the plasmodesma (plural plasmodesmata). Hope this helps
Components of the cell membrane are responsible for connecting cells. Desmosomes attach cells together, almost like glue. A tight junction fuses cells together (this is only present in vertebrates), while a gap junction consists of pairs of channels fused (in animal cells). Plasmodesma fuses plant cells together, the plasmodesmata in plants are analogous to gap junctions in animals. Hope this helps;)
In plant cells it is the plasmodesmata that hold the cells togetherthere are small rigid openings on the cells that allow the cells to by connected together (like their cytoplasms literally go through one another) which allows for adhesion of cells together and cellular communication. In animal cells it is that Adherens Junctions between cells that allow for the adhesion of cells together.
