Klf4 is a transcription factor required for establishing the barrier function of the skin

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 356-360

  Segre, Julia A ^a   Bauer, Christoph ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; LIPID; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0032813661     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11926     Document Type: Article

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