Transcriptional repression of the microphthalmia gene in melanoma cells correlates with the unresponsiveness of target genes to ectopic microphthalmia-associated transcription factor

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1505-1511

  Vachtenheim, J ^a   Novotna, H ^a   Ghanem, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Repression; TRP 1; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MICROPHTHALMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035671297     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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