Alterations in desmosome size and number coincide with the loss of keratinocyte cohesion in skin with homozygous and heterozygous defects in the desmosomal protein plakophilin 1.
McMillan JR, Haftek M, Akiyama M, South AP, Perrot H, McGrath JA, Eady RA, Shimizu H. Alterations in desmosome size and number coincide with the loss of keratinocyte cohesion in skin with homozygous and heterozygous defects in the desmosomal protein plakophilin 1. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Jul; 121(1):96-103.