Implications of isoform multiplicity of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor in the pathogenesis of auditory-pigmentary syndromes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Shibahara, Shigeki ^a   Yasumoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Amae, Shintaro ^a   Fuse, Nobuo ^a   Udono, Tetsuo ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Melanin; Melanocyte; Retinal pigment epithelium; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEAFNESS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032831805     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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