β-Glucocerebrosidase activity in mammalian stratum corneum

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 861-869

  Takagi, Yutaka ^a   Kriehuber, Ernst ^b,c   Imokawa, Genji ^a   Elias, Peter M ^b,c   Holleran, Walter M ^b,c  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

glucocerebrosidase; glucosidase; Ceramide; Cutaneous; Epidermis; Gaucher disease; Glucosylceramide; Permeability barrier; Sphingolipid; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDERMIS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0032955678     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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