Cornified cell envelope assembly: A model based on electron microscopic determinations of thickness and projected density

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1051-1060

  Jarnik, Michal ^a   Simon, Martha N ^b   Steven, Alasdair C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornified cell envelope; Covalent cross linking; Electron microscopy; Keratinocyte; Loricrin; Terminal differentiation; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

LORICRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; EPIDERMIS; FOOT PAD; FORESTOMACH; KERATINOCYTE; MODEL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTATINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FREEZE FRACTURING; KERATINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; PROTEINS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SKIN; STOMACH; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 2642599023     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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