Transcriptional control of the differentiation program of interfollicular epidermal keratinocytes

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-79

  Nagarajan, Priyadharsini ^a   Romano, Rose Anne ^a   Sinha, Satrajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epidermis; Stratification; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 6; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; INTERFOLLICULAR EPIDERMIS; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 37149020758     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critreveukargeneexpr.v18.i1.50     Document Type: Review

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