- A
desmosome (/ˈdɛzməˌsoʊm/; "binding body"), also
known as a
macula adherens (plural:
maculae adherentes) (Latin for
adhering spot), is a cell structure...
- vertebrates,
there are
three major types of cell junction:
Adherens junctions,
desmosomes and
hemidesmosomes (anchoring junctions) Gap
junctions (communicating...
- are
formed against desmosomes,
components of the skin that
function to keep
certain layers of skin
bound to each other. As
desmosomes are attacked, the...
-
which form the
thick cytoplasmic plaques in
desmosomes and link
cadherins to
intermediate filaments.
Desmosomes provides strength and
resistance to mechanical...
-
embryonic development cell
junctions tight junctions, gap junctions, and
desmosomes tissues muscles,
which enable locomotion, and
nerve tissues,
which transmit...
- of the
cardiac muscle known as
desmosomes,
areas on the
surface of
muscle cells which link them together. The
desmosomes are
composed of
several proteins...
- that is
encoded by the DSP gene.
Desmoplakin is a
critical component of
desmosome structures in
cardiac muscle and
epidermal cells,
which function to maintain...
-
adherens junctions (or
zonula adherens,
intermediate junction, or "belt
desmosome") are
protein complexes that
occur at cell–cell
junctions and cell–matrix...
- in
epithelial cells and cardiomyocytes. Desmoglein-2 is
localized to
desmosome structures at
regions of cell-cell
contact and
functions to structurally...
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These are
joined with
desmosomes.
Their spiny (Latin, spinosum)
appearance is due to
shrinking of the
microfilaments between desmosomes that
occurs when stained...
