Transcriptional control of epidermal stem cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 786, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-173

  Lee, Briana ^a   Dai, Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin regulation; Epidermis; Hair follicle; Stem cell; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 6; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OVOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SATB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84934441853     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-7-6621-1_9     Document Type: Article

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