Desmoplakin Is Required Early in Development for Assembly of Desmosomes and Cytoskeletal Linkage

Desmosomes first assemble in the E3.5 mouse trophectoderm, concomitant with establishment of epithelial polarity and appearance of a blastocoel cavity. Throughout development, they increase in size and number and are especially abundant in epidermis and heart muscle. Desmosomes mediate cell–cell adh...

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Main Authors: Gallicano, G. Ian, Kouklis, Panos, Bauer, Christoph, Yin, Mei, Vasioukhin, Valeri, Degenstein, Linda, Fuchs, Elaine
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2175222/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9864371
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