Requirement of the forkhead gene Foxe1, a target of sonic hedgehog signaling, in hair follicle morphogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2595-2606

  Brancaccio, Anna ^a   Minichiello, Annunziata ^a   Grachtchouk, Marina ^b   Antonini, Dario ^a   Sheng, Hong ^b,d   Parlato, Rosanna ^c,e   Dathan, Nina ^c,f   Dlugosz, Andrzej A ^b   Missero, Caterina ^a  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTES; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 8444223854     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh292     Document Type: Article

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