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keratinization (cornification)

Keratin formation or formation of a horny layer. Expression: - expression of keratin as occurs within the stratifying squamous epithelium.

General

physiologic process

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Shetty S and Gokul S Keratinization and its Disorders Oman Med J. 2012 September; 27(5): 348-357 PMID: 23074543 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472583/