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...

possess the cell junctions called tight junctions, gap junctions, and desmosomes. With few exceptions—in particular, the sponges and placozoans—animal...

microfilaments. Desmosomes attach to the microfilaments of cytoskeleton made up of keratin protein. Hemidesmosomes resemble desmosomes on a section. They...

types of cell junction recognised as making up an intercalated disc are desmosomes, fascia adherens junctions, and gap junctions. Fascia adherens are anchoring...

which form the thick cytoplasmic plaques in desmosomes and link cadherins to intermediate filaments. Desmosomes provides strength and resistance to mechanical...

These are joined with desmosomes. Their spiny (Latin, spinosum) appearance is due to shrinking of the microfilaments between desmosomes that occurs when stained...

extracellular matrix. They are similar in form to desmosomes when visualized by electron microscopy, however, desmosomes attach to adjacent cells. Hemidesmosomes...

adherens junctions (or zonula adherens, intermediate junction, or "belt desmosome") are protein complexes that occur at cell–cell junctions and cell–matrix...

structures such as caveolae, postsynaptic density, podosome, invadopodium, desmosome, hemidesmosome, focal adhesion, and cell junctions. These types of membranes...

Acantholysis is the loss of intercellular connections, such as desmosomes, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as...

junction which can be identified at the ultrastructural level: Gap junctions Desmosomes Adherens junctions Tight junctions Gap junctions bring the adjacent cells...

(désma) arthrodesis, asyndeton, desmid, desmitis, desmoid, desmoplasia, desmosome, diadem, plasmodesma, polysyndeton, syndesis, syndesmosis, syndetic, syndeton...

cardiac muscle) known as desmosomes, areas on the surface of heart muscle cells which link the cells together. The desmosomes are composed of several proteins...

the cell against physical stress. It does this through connections to desmosomes, cell–cell junctional plaques, and hemidesmosomes, cell-basement membrane...

keratinocytes will become highly organized, forming cellular junctions (desmosomes) between each other and secreting keratin proteins and lipids which contribute...

playing a role in some cell functions. In combination with proteins and desmosomes, the intermediate filaments form cell-cell connections and anchor the...

1997). "Characterization of pinin, a novel protein associated with the desmosome-intermediate filament complex". J Cell Biol. 135 (4): 1027–42. doi:10...

spinous layer (stratum spinosum) Keratinocytes become connected through desmosomes and produce lamellar bodies, from within the Golgi, enriched in polar...

macromolecular trafficking as well as a defective root system during development. Desmosome Gap junction Membrane nanotube Maule, Andrew (December 2008). "Plasmodesmata:...

studies involving phagocytosis in the eye, and the identification of desmosomes (nodes of Bizzozero), structures that he first discovered in the stratum...

sarcomeres in muscle cells and connect different cell organells like the desmosomes with the cytoskeleton. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is found...

"glue" that attaches adjacent epidermal cells via attachment points called desmosomes. When autoantibodies attack desmogleins, the cells become separated from...

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...

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...

attached to each other and to the overlying stratum spinosum cells by desmosomes and hemidesmosomes. The nucleus is large, ovoid and occupies most of the...

acid (DNA) molecules. deoxythymidine See thymidine. dephosphorylation desmosome A specialized cell junction between neighboring epithelial cells in which...

denitrification – deoxyribonucleic acid – deoxyribose – depolarization – desmosome – deuterostome – diabetes mellitus – diastole – diffusion – digestion...

a plane of cleavage in the skin epidermal-epidermal junctions (e.g., desmosomes). The histological picture involves thinner, weaker attachments of the...

to each other by intercalated disks, which contain gap junctions and desmosomes. Unlike skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue is not...