Planteome: Term Details for "desmosome assembly" (GO:0002159)

Accession: GO:0002159
Name: desmosome assembly
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form 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. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:hjd
Comment: Desmosomes link two cells together; hemidesmosomes attach one cell to the extracellular matrix.
History: See term history for GO:0002159 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to desmosome assembly.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to desmosome assembly.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for desmosome assembly.
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