Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 provokes expression of epithelial marker genes, acting as a morphogen in dedifferentiated hepatoma cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 935-946

  Späth, Gerald F ^a   Weiss, Mary C ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; MARKER GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEOPLASM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HYBRID CELLS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032559647     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.4.935     Document Type: Article

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