Regulation of pigment cell-specific gene expression by MITF

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 98-102

  Shibahara, Shigeki ^a   Yasumoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Amae, Shintaro ^a   Udono, Tetsuo ^a   Watanabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Saito, Hideo ^a   Takeda, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Melanin; Melanocyte; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034564416     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.18.x     Document Type: Article

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