Loss of keratin 6 (K6) proteins reveals a function for intermediate filaments during wound repair

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-337

  Wong, Pauline ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Keratin; Migration; Mouse skin grafting; Skin; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; KERATIN; RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; EXPLANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MUTATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SKIN; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTS; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242298585     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200305032     Document Type: Article

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