Plectin-intermediate filament partnership in skin, skeletal muscle, and peripheral nerve

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-53

  Castañón, Maria J ^a   Walko, Gernot ^a,b   Winter, Lilli ^a,c   Wiche, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EBS; Intermediate filaments; Plectin; Schwann cells; Skeletal muscle; Skin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; ISOPROTEIN; PLECTIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN;

GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PLECTIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84879796143     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1102-0     Document Type: Review

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