Mutations in microphthalmia, the mouse homolog of the human deafness gene MITF, affect neuroepithelial and neural crest-derived melanocytes differently

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Nakayama, Atsuo ^a   Nguyen, Minh Thanh T ^a   Chen, Catherine C ^a   Opdecamp, Karin ^a   Hodgkinson, Colin A ^a   Arnheiter, Heinz ^a  

^a Human Motor Control Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix zipper protein; DOPAchrome tautomerase; Kit; Retinal pigment epithelium; Stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MITF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEAFNESS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CREST; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031931010     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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