Understanding hair follicle cycling: A systems approach

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 607-612

  Baker, Ruth E ^a   Murray, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN;

AUTOMATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; MICE; PIGMENTATION; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872670417     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.11.007     Document Type: Review

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