Plakophilins 2a and 2b: Constitutive proteins of dual location in the karyoplasm and the desmosomal plaque

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1009-1025

  Mertens, Claudia ^a   Kuhn, Caecilia ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; DESMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERMINAL CENTER; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO;

EID: 0029825414     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.4.1009     Document Type: Article

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