Sry-box (Sox) transcription factors in gastrointestinal physiology and disease

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gracz, A D ^a,b   Magness, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Proliferation; Repair; Sox; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON; ENDODERM; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79955053506     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00489.2010     Document Type: Review

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