The functional diversity of epidermal keratins revealed by the partial rescue of the keratin 14 null phenotype by keratin 16

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1185-1201

  Paladini, Rudolph D ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Gene replacement; Hair; Keratin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032824490     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.5.1185     Document Type: Article

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