Gene regulation by homeobox transcription factor Prox1 in murine hepatoblasts

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-220

  Papoutsi, Maria ^a,c   Dudas, Jozsef ^a   Becker, Jürgen ^a   Tripodi, Marco ^b   Opitz, Lennart ^a   Ramadori, Giuliano ^a   Wilting, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hematopoietically expressed homeobox; Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 ; Liver; Matrix metalloproteinase 2; Met murine hepatocytes; Prospero related homeobox 1; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MURINAE; MUS; PROSPERO;

EID: 34848870903     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0477-4     Document Type: Article

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