Term Name: | desmosome organization |
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Definition: | A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly 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. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0002934] QuickGO AmiGO |