Targeted disruption of the pemphigus vulgaris antigen (desmoglein 3) gene in mice causes loss of keratinocyte cell adhesion with a phenotype similar to pemphigus vulgaris

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1091-1102

  Koch, Peter J ^a   Mahoney, Mỹ G ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroyasu ^b   Pulkkinen, Leena ^b   Uitto, Jouni ^b   Shultz, Leonard ^c   Murphy, George F ^a,b   Whitaker Menezes, Diana ^a,b   Stanley, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESMOGLEIN 3; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAIR; HOMOZYGOTE; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGUS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 0030902370     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.5.1091     Document Type: Article

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