Selective down-regulation of tyrosinase family gene TYRP1 by inhibition of the activity of melanocyte transcription factor, MITF

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3096-3106

  Fang, Dong ^a,b   Tsuji, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Setaluri, Vijayasaradhi ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0037100610     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf424     Document Type: Article

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