A possible mechanism for feedback regulation of the mouse tyrosinase gene by its 3' non-coding RNA fragments

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-115

  Takeuchi, Sakae ^a   Takeuchi, Takuji ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feedback regulation; Melanocyte; Mouse tyrosinase gene; Triplex

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034085733     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2000.130209.x     Document Type: Article

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