C/EBPα and C/EBPß are required for sebocyte differentiation and stratified squamous differentiation in adult mouse skin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  House, John S ^a   Zhu, Songyun ^a   Ranjan, Rakesh ^a   Linder, Keith ^a   Smart, Robert C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN;

EID: 79952118221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009837     Document Type: Article

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