Are desmosomes more than tethers for intermediate filaments?

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-216

  Green, Kathleen J ^a   Gaudry, Claire A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOPLAKIN; DSG3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLAKOPHILIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAKOPHILINS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034568948     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35043032     Document Type: Review

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