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Developmental Expression of Nicein Adhesion Protein (Laminin-5) Subunits Suggests Multiple Morphogenic Roles
1 Jan 1994
Abstract excerpt
Nicein/kalinin (laminin-5) is a heterotrimeric laminin-like adhesion protein, which is secreted at the basement membrane of subsets of epithelia and is involved in the etiology of junctional epidermolysis bullosa, a severe human blistering disease characterized by disadhesion of epidermis from dermis. cDNA clones encoding the three chains of mouse nicein and antibodies specific to each polypeptide were used to...
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