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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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2007
2007
Xin and the art of intercalated disk maintenance.
a certain mr. kirkman, a nineteenth-century mathematician, coined the nonsense word “sticktogetheration.” His purpose was to… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Mouse antisera specific for desmosomal adhesion molecules of suprabasal skin cells, meninges, and meningioma.
Mouse polyclonal antisera were raised to the Mr 130,000 and Mr 115,000 cell surface glycoproteins, desmocollins, of desmosomes… 
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… 
1985
1985
Mutual desmosome formation between all binary combinations of human, bovine, canine, avian and amphibian cells: desmosome formation is not tissue- or species-specific.
Our previous work has suggested that the molecular components of desmosomes are highly conserved between different tissues and… 
1985
1985
Differentiation of metastatic breast carcinoma from Stewart-Treves angiosarcoma. Use of anti-keratin and anti-desmosome monoclonal antibodies and factor VIII-related antibodies.
A chronic brawny edema developed in the shoulder and arm ipsilateral to the site of a previous mastectomy in a 68-year-old woman… 
1975
1975
Hybrid desmosomes in aggregated chick and mouse cells.
Mouse embryo skin epidermis has been examined during maturation, and stages have been found when desmosomes are first scarce… 
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… 
1973
1973
Desmosomes and their components after cell dissociation and reaggregation in the presence of cytochalasin B.
Corneal epithelial cells of the chick, in a stage in which desmosomes are forming, have been dispersed and reassociated in the… 
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… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
Advances in genetic dermatology. Dyskeratosis, acantholysis, and hyperkeratosis, with a note on the specific role of desmosomes and keratinosomes in the formation of the horny layer.
Desmosomes and keratinosomes serve a specific role in the complex process of keratinization and the formation of the horny layer…