Directed expression of keratin 16 to the progenitor basal cells of transgenic mouse skin delays skin maturation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1035-1051

  Paladini, Rudolph D ^a   Coulombe, Pierre A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Keratin; Skin; Transgenic mouse; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATIN; KERATIN 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKIN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-14; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SKIN; STEM CELLS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032563572     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.4.1035     Document Type: Article

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