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Desmosome

Known as: Macula adherens, Desmosomes, Desmosoma 
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… 
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Broader (1)

Anchoring cell junction
Attachment PlaqueCell surfaceDSP protein, humanDesmoglein 3

Narrower (1)

extracellular core region of desmosome

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
A constitutive transmembrane glycoprotein of Mr 165,000 (desmoglein) in epidermal and non-epidermal desmosomes. II. Immunolocalization and microinjection studies.
Using two monoclonal antibodies described in the preceding paper we determined by immunofluorescence microscopy the distribution… 
1986
1986
A cell surface desmosome-associated component: identification of tissue-specific cell adhesion molecule.
Autoantibodies in the serum of patients suffering the blistering skin disease pemphigus vulgaris recognize a 140-kDa glycoprotein… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Desmosomes, Cell Adhesion Molecules and the Adhesive Properties of Cells in Tissues
I N T R O D U C T I O N In this article intercellular adhesion of vertebrate tissue cells, especially epithelia, will be… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Organization of cytokeratin bundles by desmosomes in rat mammary cells
In a rat mammary epithelial cell line, LA-7, cytokeratin bundles recognized in immunofluorescence by a monoclonal antibody (24B42… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
An investigation of the molecular components of desmosomes in epithelial cells of five vertebrates.
We have shown previously, by fluorescent antibody staining, that desmosomal antigens are widely distributed in the tissues of… 
1985
1985
Retinoids alter the direction of differentiation in primary cultures of cutaneous keratinocytes.
The effects of vitamin A on the morphological expression of differentiation were studied in cell cultures of cutaneous… 
1980
1980
Desmosome development in an in vitro model
A model has been devised to study the in vitro formation of desmonsomes. The model is based on the differential labeling of two… 
1974
1974
Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa comèl with trichorrhexis invaginata (Netherton's syndrome). A light microscopical study of the skin changes.
Skin biopsies from three cases of clinically typical ichthyosis linearis circumflexa Comel with trichorrhexis invaginata and… 
1970
1970
Extraneuronal potentials and potassium depolarization in cockroach giant axons.
1. Elevation of the external potassium concentration resulted in a marked positivation of both intracellularly and… 
1968
1968
Ocular pemphigus. An electron microscopic study of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium.
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