Characterization of a new melanocyte-specific gene (QNR-71) expressed in v-myc-transformed quail neuroretina

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3338-3350

  Turque, Nathalie ^a   Denhez, Fabienne ^a,b   Martin, Patrick ^a   Planque, Nathalie ^a   Bailly, Manuella ^a   Bègue, Agnes ^a   Stéhelin, Dominique ^a   Saule, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

mi; myc; Neuroretina; Pigmentation; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MICROPHTHALMIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; QUAIL; REPORTER GENE; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHASIANIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030036184     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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