Desmosomal cadherins in zebrafish epiboly and gastrulation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The desmosomal cadherins (DCs), desmocollin (Dsc) and desmoglein (Dsg), are the adhesion molecules of desmosomes, intercellular adhesive junctions of epithelia and cardiac muscle. Both the DCs and desmosomes have demonstrably essenti...

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Main Authors: Goonesinghe Alexander, Luan Xing-Ming, Hurlstone Adam, Garrod David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/12/1