Desmosomal cadherins are a recent evolutionary innovation that make up the adhesive core
of highly specialized intercellular junctions called desmosomes. Desmosomal cadherins …

The desmosomal cadherins, which include desmogleins and desmocollins, are Ca2+-
dependent adhesion molecules that cooperate to make up the adhesive core of intercellular …

Desmosomes and adherens junctions are cadherin-based protein complexes responsible
for cell-cell adhesion of epithelial cells. Type 1 cadherins of adherens junctions show …

Desmosomes are highly specialized anchoring junctions that link intermediate filaments to
sites of intercellular adhesion, thus facilitating the formation of a supracellular scaffolding …

Desmosomes are intercellular adhesive junctions that impart strength to vertebrate tissues.
Their dense, ordered intercellular attachments are formed by desmogleins (Dsgs) and …

Desmosomes provide strong intercellular cohesion essential for the integrity of cells and
tissues exposed to continuous mechanical stress. For desmosome assembly, constitutively …

We have developed a new concept of cell–cell adhesion termed 'hyper-adhesion', the very
strong adhesion adopted by desmosomes. This uniquely desmosomal property accounts for …

Desmosomes are adhesive intercellular junctions that mechanically integrate adjacent cells
by coupling adhesive interactions mediated by desmosomal cadherins to the intermediate …

Desmosomes are essential adhesion structures in most epithelia that link the intermediate
filament network of one cell to its neighbor, thereby forming a strong bond. The molecular …

The desmosomal cadherins, desmogleins (Dsgs) and desmocollins (Dscs), comprise the
adhesive core of intercellular junctions known as desmosomes. Although these adhesion …