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c-Jun is essential for organization of the epidermal leading edge.
Developmental cell - 1 Jun 2003
Li Guochun, Gustafson-Brown Cindy, Hanks Steven K, Nason Katie, Arbeit Jeffrey M, Pogliano Kit, Wisdom Ronald M, Johnson Randall S
Abstract excerpt
The migration of epithelial layers requires specific and coordinated organization of the cells at the leading edge of the sheet. Mice that are conditionally deleted for the c-jun protooncogene in epidermis are born at expected frequencies, but with open eyes and with defects in epidermal wound healing. Keratinocytes lacking c-Jun are unable to migrate or elongate properly in culture at the border of scratch...
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