Transcription factor HNF and hepatocyte differentiation

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 961-969

  Nagaki, Masahito ^a   Moriwaki, Hisataka ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Development; Extracellular matrix; Microarray; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 6;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 51349145143     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00367.x     Document Type: Review

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