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. 2004 Sep 17;87(6):3665–3678. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.045609

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Cell adhesion geometry. The circular contact zone is surrounded by a nonadhering membrane ring. Receptors, ligands, and glycoprotein diffuse around in the whole membrane, but interact with the apposing membrane only within the contact zone.