Keratin 19 as a biochemical marker of skin stem cells in vivo and in vitro: Keratin 19 expressing cells are differentially localized in function of anatomic sites, and their number varies with donor age and culture stage

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1017-1028

  Michel, Martine ^a,b   Török, Natalie ^a,b   Godbout, Marie Josée ^a,b   Lussier, Marc ^c   Gaudreau, Pierrette ^c   Royal, André ^c   Germain, Lucie ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Epithelium; Intermediate filament; Keratin; Skin; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL MARKER; INTEGRIN; KERATIN; KERATIN ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRITIUM;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN CELL; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

3T3 CELLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMIS; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTEGRIN ALPHA3BETA1; INTEGRINS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STEM CELLS; THYMIDINE; TISSUE DONORS;

ANIMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029970965     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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