Expression of tyrosinase and the tyrosinase related proteins in the Mitf(vit) (Vitiligo) mouse eye: Implications for the function of the microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf)

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-410

  Smith, Sylvia B ^a   Zhou, B K ^b   Orlow, Seth J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microphthalmia transcription factor; Mitf; Pigmentation genes; Retinal degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelium; TRP 1; Tyrosinase; Vitiligo mouse

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032055073     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0443     Document Type: Article

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