Gene expression profiling of cultured human NF1 heterozygous (NF1 +/-) melanocytes reveals downregulation of a transcriptional cis-regulatory network mediating activation of the melanocyte-specific dopachrome tautomerase (DCT) gene

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-299

  Boucneau, Joachim ^a   De Schepper, Sofie ^a   Vuylsteke, Marnik ^b   Van Hummelen, Paul ^b   Naeyaert, Jean Marie ^a   Lambert, Jo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caf au lait macule; DCT; Heterozygosity; Melanocyte; Microarray; NF1

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHAKOMATOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANOCYTES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 22744451968     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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