Initiation of assembly of the cell envelope barrier structure of stratified squamous epithelia

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4247-4261

  Steinert, Peter M ^a   Marekov, Lyuben N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPLAKIN; ENVOPLAKIN; GLUTAMINE; INVOLUCRIN; LORICRIN; LYSINE; PERIPLAKIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0032757460     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.12.4247     Document Type: Article

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