Post-transcriptional regulation of neurofibromin level in cultured human melanocytes in response to growth factors

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-280

  Griesser, Johann ^a   Kaufmann, Dieter ^a   Maier, Bernd ^a   Mailhammer, Reinhard ^b   Kuehl, Philippa ^a   Krone, Winfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Institute of Hematology   (Germany)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; degradation rate; phorbol 12 myristate 13 acetate; steel factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFIBROMIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; STEEL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031059599     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12286456     Document Type: Article

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