Identification of candidate Klf4 target genes reveals the molecular basis of the diverse regulatory roles of Klf4 in the mouse cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3360-3370

  Swamynathan, Shivalingappa K ^a,b   Davis, Janine ^b   Piatigorsky, Joram ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 3, MEMBER A1; AQUAPORIN 3; CRYSTALLIN; CYTOKERATIN 12; KERATIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDH3A1PROTEIN, MOUSE; AQP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DESMOSOME; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 3; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSKETOLASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 49049120141     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1811     Document Type: Article

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