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Mice deficient in involucrin, envoplakin, and periplakin have a defective epidermal barrier
31 Dec 2007
Abstract excerpt
The cornified envelope is assembled from transglutaminase cross-linked proteins and lipids in the outermost epidermal layers and is essential for skin barrier function. Involucrin, envoplakin, and periplakin form the protein scaffold on which the envelope assembles. To examine their combined function, we generated mice deficient in all three genes. The triple knockouts have delayed embryonic barrier formation and...
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