Desmosome

A desmosome is a cell structure for cell-to-cell adhesion. They are localized spot-like adhesions on the outer sides of plasma membranes.^[1]

Desmosomes help to keep cells together in a sheet. They are found in epithelial tissue, like multilayer squamous epithelium. The intercellular space is relatively wide up to about 30 nm.^[2]

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References

↑ R. Rieger; A. Michaelis & Green M.M. 1976 Glossary of genetics and cytogenetics: classical and molecular. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 150.
↑ Bruce Alberts et al 2002. Molecular biology of the cell. 4th ed, New York: Garland Science.

[riger-1] R. Rieger; A. Michaelis & Green M.M. 1976 Glossary of genetics and cytogenetics: classical and molecular. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 150.

[Alberts-2] Bruce Alberts et al 2002. Molecular biology of the cell. 4th ed, New York: Garland Science.

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