The nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α acts as a morphogen to induce the formation of microvilli

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 971-980

  Chiba, Hideki ^a   Sakai, Naoyuki ^a   Murata, Masaki ^a   Osanai, Makoto ^a   Ninomiya, Takafumi ^a   Kojima, Takashi ^a   Sawada, Norimasa ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ERM BINDING PHOSPHOPROTEIN 50; EZRIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; MORPHOGEN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RADIXIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROVILLI; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; TRETINOIN; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 33845693542     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200608012     Document Type: Article

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