Regulation of epidermal differentiation by a Distal-less homeodomain gene

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 6 II, 1996, Pages 1879-1887

  Morasso, Maria I ^a,b   Markova, Nedialka G ^a   Sargent, Thomas D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030447306     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.6.1879     Document Type: Article

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