Term Name:	desmosome maintenance
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Definition:	The maintenance of a desmosome. A desmosome is a patch-like intercellular junctions found in vertebrate tissues, consisting of parallel zones of two cell membranes, separated by an interspace of 25-35 nm, and having dense fibrillar plaques in the subjacent cytoplasm.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0002160]    QuickGO    AmiGO