Microphthalmia Associated Transcription Factor Is a Target of the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Pathway

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 831-836

  Khaled, Mehdi ^a   Larribere, Lionel ^a   Bille, Karine ^a   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^a   Ballotti, Robert ^a   Bertolotto, Corine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Microphthalmia associated transcription factor; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase; Tyrosinase; TYRP1

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0141991121     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12420.x     Document Type: Article

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