Multipotent nestin-expressing hair follicle stem cells

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Amoh, Yasuyuki ^a,b,c   Li, Lingna ^b   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a   Hoffman, Robert M ^b,c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTIN;

EDITORIAL; GLIA CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 59549102887     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00578.x     Document Type: Editorial

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