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Overexpression of human loricrin in transgenic mice produces a normal phenotype.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 1993
Yoneda K, Steinert P M
Abstract excerpt
The cornified cell envelope (CE) of terminally differentiating stratified squamous epithelial cells is a complex multiprotein assembly about 15 nm thick of which loricrin is a major component. We have produced transgenic mice bearing the human loricrin transgene in order to study the role of loricrin in CE assembly, structure, and function. By analyses of RNA and protein, we show that the human transgene is...
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