De novo formation of desmosomes in cultured cells upon transfection of genes encoding specific desmosomal components

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-130

  Koeser, Joachim ^a,c   Troyanovsky, Sergey M ^b   Grund, Christine ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desmogleins; Desmoplakin; Desmosomal assembly; HT 1080; Plakoglobin; Plakophilins; Sorting of junctional proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBROSARCOMA; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0344559106     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4827(03)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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