Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is required for normal development of skin and thymus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1362-1374

  Kuraguchi, Mari ^a,b   Wang, Xiu Ping ^b   Bronson, Roderick T ^c   Rothenberg, Rebecca ^a   Ohene Baah, Nana Yaw ^a   Lund, Jennifer J ^b   Kucherlapati, Melanie ^a,b   Maas, Richard L ^b   Kucherlapati, Raju ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER HARVARD CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOKERATIN 14; WNT PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKIN APPENDAGE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; THYMUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; C57BL MOUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; TOOTH;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO LOSS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; THYMUS GLAND; TOOTH;

EID: 33749411672     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020146     Document Type: Article

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