Regulation of a hair follicle keratin intermediate filament gene promoter

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3487-3496

  Dunn, S M ^a   Keough, R A ^a,b   Rogers, G E ^a   Powell, B C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Keratin; LEF 1; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032439155     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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