Desmosomes: Differentiation, development, dynamics and disease

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 670-678

  Garrod, David ^a   Chidgey, Martyn ^a   North, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; DESMOSOME; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030271472     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80108-6     Document Type: Article

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