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A type of junction that attaches one cell to its neighbor. One of a number of differentiated regions which occur, for example, where the cytoplasmic membranes of adjacent epithelial cells are closely apposed. It consists of a circular region of each membrane together with associated intracellular microfilaments and an intercellular material which may include, for example, mucopolysaccharides. (From Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
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- Desmosome
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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- Cell Membrane (1966-1971)
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- National Library of Medicine. Desmosomes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003896
- Desmosomes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmosome
- Desmosomes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846957