AP-2 transcription factor family member expression, activity, and regulation in human epidermal keratinocytes in vitro

Differentiation

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 185-197

  Popa, Claudia ^a   Dahler, Alison L ^a   Serewko Auret, Magdalena M ^a   Wong, Chung F ^a   Smith, Louise ^a   Barnes, Liam M ^a   Strutton, Geoff M ^b   Saunders, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

AP 2; Human epidermal keratinocytes; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TFAP2B PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CYTOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 16644379331     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2004.07205001.x     Document Type: Article

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