Epidermal Polarity Genes in Health and Disease

    December 2014 in “ Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine ”
    Frederik Tellkamp, Susanne Vorhagen, Carien M. Niessen
    Studysummary This article reviews the role of polarity proteins in epidermal morphogenesis and homeostasis and discusses how their alteration may contribute to skin disease, but reports no new experimental findings.
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