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  • noun biochemistry Any of a family of cadherins involved in the formation of desmosomes.

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  • LEKTI deficiency causes abnormal desmosome cleavage in the upper granular layer through degradation of desmoglein 1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alexis Dumortier et al. 2010

  • Simpson C, Reynolds LE, Marshall JF, et al. (2003) Desmosomal proteins, including desmoglein 3, serve as novel negative markers for epidermal stem cell-containing population of keratinocytes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhihong Wu et al. 2009

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