Let's stick together: The role of the Fras1 and Frem proteins in epidermal adhesion

IUBMB Life

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Short, Kieran ^a   Wiradjaja, Fenny ^a   Smyth, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Bleb mice; Epidermal blistering; Fras1; Fraser syndrome; Frem; Grip1; Kidney defects

Indexed keywords

BLEB PROTEIN; FRAS1 PROTEIN; FREM PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FRASER SYNDROME; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; ORGANOGENESIS;

MUS;

EID: 34547236209     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540701510581     Document Type: Review

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