Transient activation of β-catenin signaling in cutaneous keratinocytes is sufficient to trigger the active growth phase of the hair cycle in mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1219-1224

  Van Mater, David ^a   Kolligs, Frank T ^a,b   Dlugosz, Andrzej A ^a   Fearon, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Anagen; Hair cycle; Hair follicle; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038625113     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1076103     Document Type: Article

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