TFE3, a transcription factor homologous to Microphthalmia, is a potential transcriptional activator of tyrosinase and Tyrpl genes

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 449-456

  Verastegui, Carole ^a   Bertolotto, Corine ^a   Bille, Karine ^a   Abbe, Patricia ^a   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^a   Ballotti, Robert ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; FORSKOLIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFE3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFEB; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034464027     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.14.3.0428     Document Type: Article

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