Desmosomes in the heart: A review of clinical and mechanistic analyses

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 109-128

  Patel, Dipal M ^a   Green, Kathleen J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area composita; Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; Desmosome

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; CADHERIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN 2; DESMOPLAKIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM; GENE MUTATION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKIN; CYTOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DESMOSOMES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; SKIN;

EID: 84901395400     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419061.2014.906533     Document Type: Review

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