Stratum corneum keratin structure, function, and formation: The cubic rod-packing and membrane templating model

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 715-732

  Norlén, Lars ^a,b   Al Amoudi, Ashraf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blue phases; Body centered cubic cylinder packing; Corneocytes; Cryo electron microscopy; Cubic membranes; Cubic phases; Epidermis; Intermediate filaments; Skin lipids; Skin membranes; Sponge phases; Tonofilaments

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CUBIC ROD PACKING MODEL; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TEMPLATING MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TONOFILAMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 4444355074     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23213.x     Document Type: Article

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