Effect of MITF on mast cell differentiation

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 16-18, 2002, Pages 1173-1176

  Kitamura, Yukihiko ^a   Morii, Eiichi ^a   Jippo, Tomoko ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mast cell; MITF; Mutant mice; Stem cell factor (SCF)

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MI TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALLELE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TG; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036034286     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(02)00058-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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