The molecular architecture of cadherins in native epidermal desmosomes

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7171, 2007, Pages 832-837

  Al Amoudi, Ashraf ^a   Díez, Daniel Castão ^a   Betts, Matthew J ^a   Frangakis, Achilleas S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849060240     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05994     Document Type: Article

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