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Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and nerve function in mice.
The transcription factor Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and proper nerve development in touch receptors.
Sensory neurons and Merkel cells remodel at different rates during normal skin maintenance.
Sensory neuron remodeling and Merkel-cell changes in the skin happen independently.
Sensory neuron and Merkel-cell changes in the skin happen independently during normal skin maintenance.
Sensory neuron and Merkel cell changes in the skin happen independently during normal skin maintenance.
Sensory neuron remodeling and Merkel-cell changes happen independently during skin maintenance.