Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-MET signaling in neural crest-derived melanocyte development

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Kos, Lidia ^a   Aronzon, Anna ^a   Takayama, Hisashi ^b   Maina, Flavio ^c   Ponzetto, Carola ^c   Merlino, Glenn ^b   Pavan, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HGF SF MET; Hypopigmentation; Melanocyte; Neural crest; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL CREST; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0033071458     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00503.x     Document Type: Article

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