Keith R. Porter Lecture, 1996. Of mice and men: Genetic disorders of the cytoskeleton

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-203

  Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ECTODERM; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031034499     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.2.189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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