Ultrastructural localization of Fras1 in the sublamina densa of embryonic epithelial basement membranes

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 299, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Dalezios, Yannis ^a,b   Papasozomenos, Babis ^a   Petrou, Petros ^a,c   Chalepakis, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Fras1; Fraser syndrome; Mouse bleb mutants

Indexed keywords

FRAS1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 34548019234     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0763-8     Document Type: Article

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