A cryotransmission electron microscopy study of skin barrier formation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-560

  Norlén, Lars ^a,b   Al Amoudi, Ashraf ^c   Dubochet, Jaques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cubic membranes; Epidermis; Lamellar bodies; Membrane folding model; Skin lipids; Stratum corneum; Stratum granulosum; Tissue vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SKIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037377659     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12102.x     Document Type: Article

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