Hemidesmosome formation is initiated by the β4 integrin subunit, requires complex formation of β4 and HD1/plectin, and involves a direct interaction between β4 and the bullous pemphigoid antigen 180

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 271-284

  Schaapveld, Roel Q J ^a   Borradori, Luca ^a,b   Geerts, Dirk ^a   Van Leusden, Manuel R ^a   Kuikman, Ingrid ^a   Nievers, Mirjam G ^a   Niessen, Carien M ^a,d   Steenbergen, Renske D M ^c   Snijders, Peter J F ^c   Sonnenberg, Arnoud ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6 4 integrin; Bullous pemphigoid antigens; Hemidesmosome assembly; PA JEB keratinocytes; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; HEMIDESMOSOME; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD29; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELLS, CULTURED; COS CELLS; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRIN BETA4; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINOCYTES; PLECTIN; PRECIPITIN TESTS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032514156     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.1.271     Document Type: Article

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