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Category:GO:0035921 ! desmosome disassembly
name: desmosome disassembly
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GOC:BHF, GOC:vk, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:9182671]
synonym: "desmosome dissociation" EXACT [PMID:9182671]
is_a: GO:0002934 ! desmosome organization
is_a: GO:0150147 ! cell-cell junction disassembly
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<GOterm>GO:0035921</GOterm>
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