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SUBMITTER: Xin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2828677 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xin Ying Y Lu Qingxian Q Li Qiutang Q
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 20100125 4
14-3-3sigma (also called stratifin) is specifically expressed in the stratified squamous epithelium and its function was recently shown to be linked to epidermal stratification and differentiation in the skin. In this study, we investigated its role in corneal epithelium cell proliferation and differentiation. We showed that the 14-3-3sigma mutation in repeated epilation (Er) mutant mice results in a dominant negative truncated protein. Primary corneal epithelial cells expressing the dominant ne ...[more]