Dual abnormal effects of mutant MITF encoded by Miwh allele on mouse mast cells: Decreased but recognizable transactivation and inhibition of transactivation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-115

  Kataoka, Tatsuki R ^a   Morii, Eiichi ^a   Oboki, Keisuke ^a   Jippo, Tomoko ^a   Maeyama, Kazutaka ^a,b   Kitamura, Yukihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mast cell; MITF; Mutant mice; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE; OXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MAST CELL; MITF GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036382952     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02131-9     Document Type: Article

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