Multiple functions of the integrin α6β4 in epidermal homeostasis and tumorigenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2877-2886

  Wilhelmsen, Kevin ^a   Litjens, Sandy H M ^a   Sonnenberg, Arnoud ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; PLECTIN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMIDESMOSOME; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6BETA4; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645837225     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.26.8.2877-2886.2006     Document Type: Short Survey

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