Greater diversity of desmosomal cadherins

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ishii, Ken ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; ISOPROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

CYTOLOGY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0037378427     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12110.x     Document Type: Note

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