Overlapping and divergent localization of Frem1 and Fras1 and its functional implications during mouse embryonic development

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 910-920

  Petrou, Petros ^a   Chiotaki, Rena ^a   Dalezios, Yannis ^a,b   Chalepakis, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Bleb mutants; Extracellular matrix; Eye lid; Fras1; Fraser syndrome; Frem1; Mouse embryo; Periderm; Skin blistering

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRAS1; PROTEIN FREM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; FRASER SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 33847080075     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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