desmosome disassembly

id: GO:0035921
name: desmosome disassembly
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

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