mortality/aging
• newborn homozygous mutants die shortly after birth
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integument
• the number of hair follicles is significantly decreased in neonatal epidermis
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• keratohyalin granules are virtually absent in the stratum granulosum
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• increased epidermal thickness apparently results from keratinocyte hyperplasia
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• newborn pups exhibit thicker epidermis than wild-type pups
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homeostasis/metabolism
• Snai1/2 protein levels are significantly increased whereas E-cadherin
expression is strongly decreased in protein extracts from the back skin of newborn pups
• Snai1/2 proteins accumulate primarily in the basal layer of the developing epidermis in late stage (E18.5) embryos
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