The Regulation of Tyrosinase Gene Transcription

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 127-138

  Ferguson, Christine A ^a,b   Kidson, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E box motifs; Inr element; M box; Melanocytes; Melanogenesis; Microphthalmia

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; TESTUDINES;

CYCLIC AMP; EYE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHICKEN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; QUAIL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME INDUCTION; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICROPHTHALMOS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUAIL; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TRETINOIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031160034     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00474.x     Document Type: Review

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