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. 2014 Oct 7;9(10):e108570. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108570

Figure 8. Model of the internalisation, transport and degradation of desmosomal halves.

Figure 8

Treatment of calcium dependent desmosomes (A) with LCM causes loss of intercellular adhesion and formation of half desmosomes (B). These are internalised by a mechanism dependent on cPKC and actin filaments (C). Once internalised, desmosomal halves are transported in a microtubule/kinesin dependent manner to the centrosome and degraded by lysosomes and proteasomes (D).