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Plakophilin-3-deficient mice develop hair coat abnormalities and are prone to cutaneous inflammation.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 2008
Sklyarova Tatyana, Bonné Stefan, D'Hooge Petra, Denecker Geertrui, Goossens Steven, De Rycke Riet, Borgonie Gaetan, Bösl Michael, van Roy Frans, van Hengel Jolanda
Abstract excerpt
We generated mice deficient in plakophilin-3 (PKP3), a member of the Armadillo-repeat family and a component of desmosomes and stress granules in epithelial cells. In these mice, several subsets of hair follicles (HFs) had morphological abnormalities, and the majority of awl and auchene hair shaf...
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