Keratin Intracellular Concentration Revisited: Implications for Keratin Function in Surface Epithelia
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Keratin intracellular concentration revisited: Implications for keratin function in surface epithelia
In 1978 Sun and Green carried out a densitometry-based analysis of polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresed samples and reported that keratin proteins account for 25~35% of total cellular proteins in human epidermal keratinocytes serially passaged in primary culture. This represents an astounding figure with very significant implications for the structural support role of keratin intermediate filament...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.397