FOXN1 in organ development and human diseases

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 83-93

  Palamaro, Loredana ^a   Romano, Rosa ^a   Fusco, Anna ^a   Giardino, Giuliana ^a   Gallo, Vera ^a   Pignata, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

FOXN1; Immunodeficiency; Nude SCID; Skin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WINGED HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; DNA BINDING; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STROMA CELL; SYNDROME CHARGE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANOGENESIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84896133395     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: 15635244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2013.870171     Document Type: Article

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