Distinct stages of melanocyte differentiation revealed by analysis of nonuniform pigmentation patterns

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1207-1214

  Yoshida, Hisahiro ^a   Kunisada, Takahiro ^a   Kusakabe, Moriaki ^b   Nishikawa, Satomi ^a   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Endothelin; Lethal spotting; Melanoblast; Mouse; Pigmentation pattern; TRP2

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELINS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOMERASES; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0029863673     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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