Keratin 10 gene expression during differentiation of mouse epidermis requires transcription factors C/EBP and AP-2

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 164-181

  Maytin, Edward V ^a   Lin, Julia C ^a,b   Krishnamurthy, Ramachandran ^d   Batchvarova, Nikoleta ^c   Ron, David ^c   Mitchell, Pamela J ^d   Habener, Joel F ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Keratinocytes; Skin; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; KERATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032759498     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9460     Document Type: Article

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