desmosome disassembly

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Namedesmosome disassembly
IDGO_0035921
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Biological process

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desmosome dissociation

Description

The controlled breakdown of a desmosome. A desmosome is a patch-like intercellular junction found in vertebrate tissues, consisting of parallel zones of two cell membranes, separated by an space of 25-35 nm, and having dense fibrillar plaques in the subjacent cytoplasm.

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