Keratin intracellular concentration revisited: Implications for keratin function in surface epithelia

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 850-853

  Feng, Xia ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b   Margolick, Joseph B ^b   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 5; KERATIN;

BASAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; DENSITOMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 84873737699     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.397     Document Type: Letter

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