The chemical chaperone trimethylamine N-oxide ameliorates the effects of mutant keratins in cultured cells

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Lee, D ^a   Santos, D ^a   Al Rawi, H ^b   McNeill, A M ^a   Rugg, E L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical chaperone; Genodermatoses; Hyperosmotic stress; Keratin

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; KERATIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; KERATINS; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; OXIDANTS;

EID: 45749098838     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08596.x     Document Type: Letter

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