Regulation of gene expression in developing epidermal epithelia

Bioessays 19 (8):691-698 (1997)
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Abstract

Skin is one of the most thoroughly studied epithelia and can be used as a model for transcriptional control of epithelial differentiation. In particular, the stages of epidermal development and differentiation from a simple epithelium are well characterized. Temporal gene expression during development can be used to assign roles for transcription factors in epidermal differentiation. Approaches to understanding transcriptional regulation in epidermis include extensive promoter analysis and expression studies, in some cases coupled to functional studies. This work has not produced any consensus about the importance of any particular factor or class of factors in epidermal specification. There is, as yet, nothing similar to the myo D family of tissue‐specific and cell‐type determining factors in epidermis. These studies, however, have revealed much about control of the differentiation process in epidermis. Most recently, there has been a suggestion that epithelial transcription can be influenced directly by the status of the adhesion complexes at the cell surface, providing a direct link between one of the distinguishing features of the epithelial state and gene transcription.

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