Activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase kit is required for the proliferation of melanoblasts in the mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-107

  MacKenzie, Marina A F ^a   Jordan, Siobhán A ^a   Budd, Peter S ^a   Jackson, Ian J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIGAND; PIGMENT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031442453     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8738     Document Type: Article

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