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Desmosomal Proteins

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Biology of the Integument

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Desmosomes are intercellular junctions found in virtually all epithelia and in myocardium which is of mesenchymal origin. Whilst the importance of desmosomes and their attached cytoplasmic filaments in strengthening such tissue is well accepted, their wider role in epithelial organization and pathology remains largely unexplored. Desmosomes constitute a large and immediately recognizable portion of the cell membrane which is specialized both for adhesion and filament binding, universal cell properties whose molecular basis remains obscure.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Glasgow, Anderson College Building, 56 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6NU, UK

    Christine J. Skerrow

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Skerrow, C.J. (1986). Desmosomal Proteins. In: Bereiter-Hahn, J., Matoltsy, A.G., Richards, K.S. (eds) Biology of the Integument. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00989-5_38

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