Conditional deletion of the mouse Klf4 gene results in corneal epithelial fragility, stromal edema, and loss of conjunctival goblet cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-194

  Swamynathan, Shivalingappa K ^a   Katz, Jonathan P ^b   Kaestner, Klaus H ^b   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^c   Crawford, Mary A ^a   Piatigorsky, Joram ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOKERATIN 12; KERATIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL FRAGILITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRY EYE; ECTODERM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; EYELID; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4 GENE; LENS; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 5; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EDEMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOBLET CELLS; KERATIN-12; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 33845790551     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00846-06     Document Type: Article

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