A cell junction which anchors epithelial cells to the basal lamina. The cell junction is a part of the epithelial cell's cytoplasmic membrane and looks like half of a desmosome (hence the name).

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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