The many faces of plectin and plectinopathies: Pathology and mechanisms

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-93

  Winter, Lilli ^a   Wiche, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytolinker proteins; Epidermolysis bullosa simplex; Intermediate filaments; Muscular dystrophy; Plectin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DESMIN; PLECTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX OGNA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX WITH PYLORIC ATRESIA; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TYPE 2Q; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLECTIN GENE; PLECTINOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DESMIN; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PLECTIN;

EID: 84872350268     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-1026-0     Document Type: Review

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