Skin Desmosomes (VIDEO)

University of Manchester

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An idealized array generated with Dsg2 extracellular region structures reproduces the arrangement observed in skin desmosomes. The typical darker desmosomal midline can be visualized by rotation of this array around the vertical axis.

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