Bricks and mortar of the epidermal barrier

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-19

  Nemes, Zoltan ^a   Steinert, Peter M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CYSTATIN; ELAFIN; INVOLUCRIN; KERATIN; LIPID; LORICRIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033620472     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.1999.2     Document Type: Review

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