Gene Triggers New Hair in Adult Mice
Scientists have identified a signal pathway in mice that commands adult skin cells to become hair follicles.
References:
Gat, U. . . . E. Fuchs. 1998. De novo hair follicle morphogenesis and hair tumors in mice expressing a truncated ß-catenin in skin. Cell 95(Nov. 25).
Lyle, S. . . . G. Cotsarelis. 1998. The C8/144B monoclonal antibody recognizes cytokeratin 15 and defines the location of human hair follicle stem cells. Journal of Cell Science 111(Oct. 14):3179.
Sources:
Elaine Fuchs
University of Chicago
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Committee on Developmental Biology
Chicago, IL 60637From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 340. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.
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