Direct regulation of nacre, a zebrafish MITF homolog required for pigment cell formation, by the Wnt pathway

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-162

  Dorsky, Richard I ^a   Raible, David W ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; MITF; Nacre; Neural crest; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; MELANOMA CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MELANOPHORES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034650485     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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