Transcriptional mechanisms coordinating tight junction assembly during epithelial differentiation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1397, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-99

  Boivin, Felix J ^a   Schmidt Ott, Kai M ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grainyhead transcription factors; Nuclear receptors superfamily; Tight junction; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GRHL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GRHL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GRHL3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADHERIN; CLAUDIN 4; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GRHL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADHERENS JUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLAUDIN-4; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85024473231     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13367     Document Type: Review

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