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* skin, lining of internal body cavity surfaces
* skin, lining of internal body cavity surfaces
* disappear when cells are transformed
* disappear when cells are transformed


{{Adhesion Images 01}}
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 3 March 2012

Desmosome Cartoon

  • Discovered by K.R. Porter in 1954 PMID 13192325
  • intermediate filaments anchor the dense plaque that occurs under the membrane of each cell
  • desmos = bond
  • skin, lining of internal body cavity surfaces
  • disappear when cells are transformed



Adhesion EM Images: GIT epithelia EM1 | GIT epithelia EM2 | GIT epithelia EM3 | Desmosome EM
Adhesion Cartoons: Tight junction | Adherens Junction | Desmosome | Gap Junction

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current11:08, 3 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 11:08, 3 March 2012600 × 635 (30 KB)Z8600021 (talk | contribs)==Desmosome Cartoon== * Discovered by K.R. Porter in 1954 * intermediate filaments anchor the dense plaque that occurs under the membrane of each cell * desmos = bond * skin, lining of internal body cavity surfaces * disappear when cells are transformed