Conditional knockout of C/EBPβ in epidermis results in dysregulated lipid biosynthesis and a defect in skin barrier function

• Kevin J. Mills,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8188-4973

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• Michael Doyle,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• John S. House,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Graduate Program in Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• John G. Witherspoon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Daniel Krakko,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-7377

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• Whitney L. Stutts,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9149-5031

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• Jessie R. Chappel,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioinformatics Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jonathan R. Hall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Graduate Program in Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Erin S. Baker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert C. Smart

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rcsmart@ncsu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Graduate Program in Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6767-6756

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