| id | GO:0030057 Detailed information
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| name | desmosome
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| namespace | cellular_component
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| def | "A cell-cell junction in which: on the cytoplasmic surface of each interacting plasma membrane is a dense plaque composed of a mixture of intracellular anchor proteins; a bundle of keratin intermediate filaments is attached to the surface of each plaque; transmembrane adhesion proteins of the cadherin family bind to the plaques and interact through their extracellular domains to hold the adjacent membranes together by a Ca2+-dependent mechanism." [GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0815332181]
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| synonym | "macula adherens" EXACT []
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| synonym | "spot desmosome" EXACT []
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| xref | Wikipedia:Desmosome
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| is_a | GO:0005911 ! cell-cell junction
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| is_a | GO:0070161 ! anchoring junction
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