Over-expression of MSG1 transcriptional co-activator increases melanin in B16 melanoma cells: A possible role for MSG1 in melanogenesis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-209

  Nair, Sujit S ^a   Chaubal, Vaishali A ^a   Shioda, Toshi ^b   Coser, Kathryn R ^b   Mojamdar, Manoj ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopachrome tautomerase; Melanin; MSG1

Indexed keywords

BURNOT TYROSINASE; CANCER CELL; DELETION MUTANT; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MELANIN; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PIGMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034805862     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140311.x     Document Type: Article

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