TALE homeodomain proteins regulate site-specific terminal differentiation, LCE genes and epidermal barrier

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1681-1690

  Jackson, Ben ^a,c   Brown, Stuart J ^a   Avilion, Ariel A ^a,d   O'Shaughnessy, Ryan F L ^a,e   Sully, Katherine ^a   Akinduro, Olufolake ^a   Murphy, Mark ^b,f   Cleary, Michael L ^b   Byrne, Carolyn ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Epistem Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^e GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermal barrier; Homeodomain; LCE genes; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN TALE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PKNOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIDERMIS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; LCE GENE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TONGUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BINDING COMPETITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINOCYTE; SKIN EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

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EID: 79956081792     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.077552     Document Type: Article

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