Structure, function, and regulation of desmosomes

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-118

  Kowalczyk, Andrew P ^a   Green, Kathleen J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Desmocollin; Desmoglein; Desmoplakin; Epidermis; Pemphigus; Plakoglobin; Plakophilin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875244884     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394311-8.00005-4     Document Type: Chapter

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