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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
cadherins involved in theformation ofdesmosomes .
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Examples
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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
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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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