Term Information

Accession
GO:0035921
Name
desmosome disassembly
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
desmosome dissociation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
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. Source: PMID:9182671, ISBN:0198506732, GOC:BHF, GOC:vk
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0035921 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of desmosome disassembly (GO:0035921)
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desmosome disassembly [is_a relation] is_a  desmosome organization (GO:0002934)
desmosome disassembly [is_a relation] is_a  cell-cell junction disassembly (GO:0150147)

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