Kit Is Expressed by Epithelial Cells In Vivo

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 976-984

  Peters, Eva M J ^a,b   Maurer, Marcus ^c   Botchkarev, Vladimir A ^d   Jensen, Karin DeMasey ^e   Welker, Pia ^b   Scott, Glynis A ^e   Paus, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6 mouse; C57BL; Epithelial cell biology; Hair cycling; Kit neutralizing antibody; SCF

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DESMOPLAKIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TONOFILAMENT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0242658558     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12478.x     Document Type: Article

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