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The human epidermal differentiation complex: cornified envelope precursors, S100 proteins and the ‘fused genes’ family
17 Feb 2012
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The skin is essential for survival and protects our body against biological attacks, physical stress, chemical injury, water loss, ultraviolet radiation and immunological impairment. The epidermal barrier constitutes the primordial frontline of this defense established during terminal differentiation. During this complex process proliferating basal keratinocytes become suprabasally mitotically inactive and move...
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