Critical Role of Klf5 in Regulating Gene Expression during Post-Eyelid Opening Maturation of Mouse Corneas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kenchegowda, Doreswamy ^a,c   Harvey, Stephen A K ^a   Swamynathan, Sudha ^a   Lathrop, Kira L ^a   Swamynathan, Shivalingappa K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DESMOSOME; DOWN REGULATION; DSG1A GENE; DSG1B GENE; DSP GENE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYELID; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KLF4 GENE; KLF5 GENE; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; CORNEA; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOPLAKINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866427428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044771     Document Type: Article

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