FOXE1, a new transcriptional target of GLI2, is expressed in human epidermis and basal cell carcinoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1180-1187

  Eichberger, Thomas ^a   Regl, Gerhard ^a   Ikram, Mohammed S ^b   Neill, Graham W ^b   Philpott, Michael P ^b   Aberger, Fritz ^a   Frischauf, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forkhead transcription factor; GLI transcription factor; Hair follicle; Hedgehog signaling

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE1; MESSENGER RNA; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE1 GENE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 2442423841     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22505.x     Document Type: Article

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