In vivo transcriptional governance of hair follicle stem cells by canonical Wnt regulators

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-190

  Lien, Wen Hui ^a,c   Polak, Lisa ^a   Lin, Mingyan ^b   Lay, Kenneth ^a   Zheng, Deyou ^b   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA CATENIN; TCF3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TCF4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84895910257     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2903     Document Type: Article

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