Distinct mechanisms underlie pattern formation in the skin and skin appendages

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-291

  Widelitz, Randall B ^a   Baker, Ruth E ^b   Plikus, Maksim ^a   Lin, Chih Min ^a   Maini, Philip K ^b   Paus, Ralf ^c   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; NEVUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN APPENDAGE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33750718230     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20075     Document Type: Review

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