A composite enhancer regulates p63 gene expression in epidermal morphogenesis and in keratinocyte differentiation by multiple mechanisms

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 862-874

  Antonini, Dario ^a   Sirico, Anna ^b   Aberdam, Edith ^c,d   Ambrosio, Raffaele ^a   Campanile, Carmen ^b   Fagoonee, Sharmila ^e   Altruda, Fiorella ^e   Aberdam, Daniel ^c,d   Brissette, Janice L ^f   Missero, Caterina ^b,g  

^a IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRP63 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84941049547     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1396     Document Type: Article

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