About The Medical Condition Hemidesmosome

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Hemidesmosome

Hemidesmosome Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Hemidesmosome Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Hemidesmosome?

An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate, similar in morphology to halves of DESMOSOMES. They are composed of specialized areas of the plasma membrane where INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS bind on the cytoplasmic face to the transmembrane linkers, INTEGRINS, via intracellular attachment proteins, while the extracellular domain of the integrins binds to EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS.

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