MITF-M plays an essential role in transcriptional activation and signal transduction in Xiphophorus melanoma

Gene

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Delfgaauw, Jacqueline ^a   Duschl, Jutta ^a,c   Wellbrock, Claudia ^a,d   Froschauer, Christin ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^a   Altschmied, Joachim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MAPkinase; Xmrk

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XMRK RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

TELEOSTEI; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0242330131     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00817-5     Document Type: Article

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