Unipotent, Atoh1+ progenitors maintain the Merkel cell population in embryonic and adult mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 367-379

  Wright, Margaret C ^a   Reed Geaghan, Erin G ^b   Bolock, Alexa M ^c   Fujiyama, Tomoyuki ^d   Hoshino, Mikio ^d   Maricich, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KERATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MERKEL CELL; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINS; MERKEL CELLS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84961288039     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201407101     Document Type: Article

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