The melanocyte inducing factor MITF is stably expressed in cell lines from human clear cell sarcoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1072-1078

  Li, K K C ^a   Goodall, J ^b   Goding, C R ^b   Liao, S K ^c   Wang, C H ^d   Lin, Y C ^d   Hiraga, H ^e   Nojima, T ^f   Nagashima, K ^g   Schaefer, K L ^h   Lee, K A W ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; EWS ATF1; Melanocytes; MITF

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, NEOPLASM; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0141956273     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601212     Document Type: Article

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