Expression of the α1-α6 collagen IV chains in the dermoepidermal junction during human foetal skin development: Temporal and spatial expression of the α4 collagen IV chain in an early stage of development

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-374

  Tanaka, N ^a   Tajima, S ^a   Ishibashi, A ^a   Izumi, T ^b   Nishina, S ^c   Azuma, N ^c   Sado, Y ^d   Ninomiya, Y ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Shigei Medical Research Institute   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; EPIDERMIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLLAGEN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SKIN;

EID: 0031593639     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02397.x     Document Type: Article

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