Chapter Twelve Cell Adhesion in Epidermal Development and Barrier Formation
Sumigray KD, Lechler T. Chapter Twelve Cell Adhesion in Epidermal Development and Barrier Formation. Current Topics In Developmental Biology 2015, 112: 383-414. PMID: 25733147, PMCID: PMC4737682, DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2014.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal developmentAdhesion proteinsCell-cell adhesionCell-cell junctionsCell biological studiesCell adhesion proteinsNoncanonical roleComposite proteinsAdhesive functionBarrier formationGrowth controlCell adhesionTissue physiologyProteinBiological studiesJunctional systemEpidermisTransductionAdhesionStructural integrityDifferentiationPhysiologyRoleFunctionJunction