Shift of localized growth zones contributes to skin appendage morphogenesis: Role of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-26

  Chodankar, Rajas ^a   Chang, Chung Hsing ^a,c   Yue, Zhicao ^a   Jiang, Ting Xin ^a   Suksaweang, Sanong ^a   Burrus, Laura W ^b   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a   Widelitz, Randall B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather; Proliferation; Transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BROXURIDINE; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FEATHER; HAIR GROWTH; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN APPENDAGE;

EID: 0037244509     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12008.x     Document Type: Article

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