The Molecular and developmental biology of keratins / volume editor, Roger H. Sawyer.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 22.
Other Authors: Sawyer, Roger H.
Language:English
Published: Orlando : Academic Press, 1987.
Series:Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 22.
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Physical Description:x, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The human keratin genes and their differential expression
  • Expression and modification of keratins during terminal differentiation of mammalian epidermis
  • The experimental manipulation of keratin expression and organization in epithelial cells and somatic cell hybrids
  • Patterns of keratin expression define distinct pathways of epithelial development and differentiation
  • Developmental expression of human epidermal keratins and filaggrin
  • Cytokeratins in oocytes and preimplantation embryos of the mouse
  • Role of epidermal growth factor in embryonic development
  • Regulation of keratin gene expression during differentiation of epidermal and vaginal epithelial cells
  • Abnormal development in the skin of the pupoid fetus (pf/pf) mutant mouse : abnormal keratinization, recovery of a normal phenotype, and relationship to the repeated epilation (Er/Er) mutant mouse
  • Expression of [Beta]-keratin genes during development of avion skin appendages.