Trps1 Activates a Network of Secreted Wnt Inhibitors and Transcription Factors Crucial to Vibrissa Follicle Morphogenesis

    November 2011 in “ Development ”
    Katherine A. Fantauzzo, Angela M. Christiano
    Studysummary This study found that the transcription factor Trps1 acts as a novel regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway and early hair follicle progenitors in developing vibrissa follicles in mice.
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