Mechanisms of gene expression and cell fate determination in the developing pulmonary epithelium

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 1996, Pages 51-71

  Hackett, B P ^a   Bingle, C D ^b   Gitlin, J D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clara cell secretory protein; forkhead proteins; lung development; surfactant protein A; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLARA CELL; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029880695     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.58.1.51     Document Type: Review

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