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beta-Catenin is not required for proliferation and differentiation of epidermal mouse keratinocytes.
Journal of cell science - 1 Dec 2002
Posthaus Horst, Williamson Lina, Baumann Dominique, Kemler Rolf, Caldelari Reto, Suter Maja M, Schwarz Heinz, Müller Eliane
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Despite the pivotal role of beta-catenin in a variety of biological processes, conditional beta-catenin gene ablation in the skin of transgenic mice failed to affect interfollicular epidermal morphogenesis. We elucidated the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. Long-term cultures of homozygous, heterozygous and beta-catenin-null mutant keratinocytes were established to demonstrate that epidermal...
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