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Mutation analysis and molecular genetics of epidermolysis bullosa.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Feb 1999
Pulkkinen L, Uitto J
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous basement membrane zone (BMZ) consists of a number of attachment structures that are critical for stable association of the epidermis to the underlying dermis. These include hemidesmosomes, anchoring filaments and anchoring fibrils which form an interconnecting network extending from the intracellular milieu of basal keratinocytes across the dermal-epidermal basement membrane to the underlying dermis....
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