Epidermal homeostasis: A balancing act of stem cells in the skin

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-217

  Blanpain, Cédric ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; KERATIN; MICRORNA;

CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 60749125436     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2636     Document Type: Review

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