RFX3 Modulation of FOXJ1 regulation of cilia genes in the human airway epithelium

Respiratory Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Didon, Lukas ^a   Zwick, Rachel K ^a   Chao, Ion Wa ^a   Walters, Matthew S ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Hackett, Neil R ^a   Crystal, Ronald G ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell; Ciliated cell differentiation; FOXJ1; Human; Lung epithelium; RFX3

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXJ1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXJ1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REGULATORY FACTOR X TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CILIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84879831717     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-70     Document Type: Article

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