Desmosome

A desmosome is a cell structure for cell-to-cell adhesion. They are localized spot-like adhesions on the outer sides of plasma membranes.R. Rieger; A. Michaelis & Green M.M. 1976 Glossary of genetics and cytogenetics: classical and molecular. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 150.

Desmosomes help to keep cells together in a sheet.  They are found in epithelial tissue, like multilayer squamous epithelium.  The intercellular space is relatively wide up to about 30 nm.Bruce Alberts et al 2002. Molecular biology of the cell. 4th ed, New York: Garland Science.  

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