Medical Subject Headings

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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003896
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003896
Preferred Name

Desmosomes

Definitions
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)
Synonyms
Desmosome
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