Desmosomes exhibit site-specific features in human palm skin

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 378-388

  Wan, Hong ^a   Dopping Hepenstal, Patricia J C ^a   Gratian, Matthew J ^a   Stone, Michael G ^b   McGrath, John A ^a   Eady, Robin A J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Differentiation; Keratinocyte; Keratoderma

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; INVOLUCRIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; HAND; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041488736     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2002.120404.x     Document Type: Article

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