The microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) contains two N-terminal domains required for transactivation of osteoclast target promoters and rescue of mi mutant osteoclasts

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 295-303

  Mansky, Kim C ^a,b   Marfatia, Kavita ^a,b   Purdom, Georgia H ^a,b   Luchin, Alex ^a,b   Hume, David A ^a,b   Ostrowski, Michael C ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Myeloid differentiation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; OSTEOCLASTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0036486771     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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