1. Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;3. Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Abstract:
Highlights? ACTL6a is downregulated during epidermal differentiation ? ACTL6a loss in epidermis causes progenitor loss and terminal differentiation ? ACTL6a is required for repression of KLF4 and other epidermal differentiation genes ? ACTL6a prevents binding of the SWI/SNF complex to differentiation genes