title: Split stories converge at desmoglein 1.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Dermatology, UCSF School of Medicine, Rm 269 Bldg 100 SF General Hospital, 1001 Potrero San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. ehepstein@orca.ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051183:Desmoglein 1; D051182:Desmogleins; D051180:Desmoplakins; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000502:physiology*; D005083:Exfoliatins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007169:Impetigo / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013206:Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C495297:DSG1 protein, human; D051183:Desmoglein 1; D051182:Desmogleins; D051180:Desmoplakins; D005083:Exfoliatins