Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor interacts with LEF-1, a mediator of Wnt signaling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2703-2714

  Yasumoto, Ken ichi ^a   Takeda, Kazuhisa ^a   Saito, Hideo ^a   Watanabe, Ken ichi ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Shibahara, Shigeki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopachrome tautomerase; LEF 1; Melanocyte; MITF; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T CELL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037013860     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.11.2703     Document Type: Article

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