Tcf3 and Tcf4 are essential for long-term homeostasis of skin epithelia

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1068-1075

  Nguyen, Hoang ^a,c   Merrill, Bradley J ^a,c   Polak, Lisa ^a   Nikolova, Maria ^a   Rendl, Michael ^a,c,d   Shaver, Timothy M ^b   Pasolli, H Amalia ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; STEM CELLS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 1 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349554461     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.431     Document Type: Article

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