Mice expressing a mutant desmosomal cadherin exhibit abnormalities in desmosomes, proliferation, and epidermal differentiation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1367-1382

  Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Yu, Qian Chun ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRINS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEMPHIGUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0029895526     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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