Ultrastructural localization of caspase-14 in human epidermis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1561-1574

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a   Dockal, Michael ^b   Reinisch, Christina ^b   Tschachler, Erwin ^b,c   Eckhart, Leopold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^c CERIES   (France)

Author keywords

Caspase 14; Cornification; Human epidermis; Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 14;

ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN BIOPSY; STRATUM CORNEUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CASPASE 14; CASPASES; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 8844227600     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6300.2004     Document Type: Article

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