Keratins and the skin

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 1995, Pages 123-153

  Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermis; genetic disease; hair follicles; keratin filaments; multigene family

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN;

EID: 0029616073     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.11.1.123     Document Type: Review

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