Involucrin is a covalently crosslinked constituent of highly purified epidermal corneocytes: Evidence for a common pattern of involucrin crosslinking in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Robinson, Nancy A ^a   LaCelle, Peter T ^a   Eckert, Richard L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornification; Cornified envelope; Differentiation; Epidermal; Epidermis; Isopeptide bonds; Keratinocyte; Skin; Terminal differentiation; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

INVOLUCRIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0030038674     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12298323     Document Type: Article

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