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adherens junction assembly +   
apical junction assembly +   
desmosome assembly  
A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form 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.
desmosome disassembly  
desmosome maintenance 
filtration diaphragm assembly +   
gap junction assembly +   
paranodal junction assembly  
tight junction assembly +   

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Definition Sources: GOC:hjd, ISBN:0198506732

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