New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Schweizer, Jürgen ^a   Bowden, Paul E ^b   Coulombe, Pierre A ^c   Langbein, Lutz ^a   Lane, E Birgitte ^d   Magin, Thomas M ^e   Maltais, Lois ^f   Omary, M Bishr ^g   Parry, David A D ^h   Rogers, Michael A ^a   Wright, Mathew W ⁱ  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; TYPE I KERATIN; TYPE II KERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EPITHELIUM CELL; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MAMMALS; PSEUDOGENES; TERMINOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746097413     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200603161     Document Type: Review

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