Article
Keratinocyte transglutaminase expression varies in squamous cell carcinomas.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Apr 1994
Duvic M, Nelson D C, Annarella M, Cho M, Esgleyes-Ribot T, Remenyik E, Ulmer R, Rapini R P, Sacks P G, Clayman G L
Abstract excerpt
Type I transglutaminase (TGase I, keratinocyte or particulate transglutaminase) is a 92-kilodalton (kDa) protein expressed in abundance in cultured keratinocytes and in the hyperproliferative skin disorder psoriasis. To determine the expression of TGase I protein and mRNA, we studied tissue and e...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- KB Cells
- Keratinocytes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger
- Skin Neoplasms
- Transglutaminases