Epigen transgenic mice develop enlarged sebaceous glands

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 623-626

  Dahlhoff, Maik ^a   Müller, Anna Katharina ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^a   Werner, Sabine ^b   Schneider, Marlon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 6; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIGEN; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 75649144796     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.251     Document Type: Letter

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