Molecular map of the desmosomal plaque

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4325-4336

  North, Alison J ^a   Bardsley, William G ^a   Hyam, Janine ^a   Bornslaeger, Elayne A ^b   Cordingley, Hayley C ^c   Trinnaman, Brian ^c   Hatzfeld, Mechthild ^d   Green, Kathleen J ^b   Magee, Anthony I ^c   Garrod, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desmosome; Immunogold; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; GOLD; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMIS; GAMMA CATENIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NOSE; PLAKOPHILINS; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033491910     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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