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- noun biochemistry A
catenin protein that is a component ofdesmosomes
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Several years ago, he and his colleagues discovered that a desmosomal protein known as plakoglobin was dramatically diminished in tissue samples of ARVC.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Several years ago, he and his colleagues discovered that a desmosomal protein known as plakoglobin was dramatically diminished in tissue samples of ARVC.
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Several years ago, he and his colleagues discovered that a desmosomal protein known as plakoglobin was dramatically diminished in tissue samples of ARVC.
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Several years ago, he and his colleagues discovered that a desmosomal protein known as plakoglobin was dramatically diminished in tissue samples of ARVC.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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In this new study, the authors set out to determine if this reduced plakoglobin signal could serve as a biomarker for ARVC early in the course of the disease.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"An immunohistochemical test [based on plakoglobin levels] could, in the future, provide clinicians with an important new diagnostic tool," he adds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In this new study, the authors set out to determine if this reduced plakoglobin signal could serve as a biomarker for ARVC early in the course of the disease.
unknown title 2009
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In this new study, the authors set out to determine if this reduced plakoglobin signal could serve as a biomarker for ARVC early in the course of the disease.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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"There was no question that the plakoglobin signal level was reduced diffusely in the ARVC samples."
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"There was no question that the plakoglobin signal level was reduced diffusely in the ARVC samples."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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