Whn and mHa3 are components of the genetic hierarchy controlling hair follicle differentiation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Meier, Natalia ^a,b   Dear, T Neil ^a,b   Boehm, Thomas ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Expression; Hair follicle; In situ; Keratin; mHa3; mRNA; Nude; Whn

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; KERATINS, TYPE I; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, NUDE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032722830     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00218-X     Document Type: Article

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