Polycomb subunits Ezh1 and Ezh2 regulate the Merkel cell differentiation program in skin stem cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1990-2000

  Bardot, Evan S ^a   Valdes, Victor J ^a   Zhang, Jisheng ^a   Perdigoto, Carolina N ^a   Nicolis, Silvia ^b   Hearn, Stephen A ^c   Silva, Jose M ^d   Ezhkova, Elena ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^d Columbia University Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cells; Polycomb; Skin; Sox2; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EZH1 PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERKEL CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880330419     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.110     Document Type: Article

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