The cleavage of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, MITF, by caspases plays an essential role in melanocyte and melanoma cell apoptosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1980-1985

  Larribere, Lionel ^a   Hilmi, Caroline ^a   Khaled, Mehdi ^a   Gaggioli, Cédric ^a   Bille, Karine ^a   Auberger, Patrick ^a   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^a   Ballotti, Robert ^a   Bertolotto, Corine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Melanoma; MITF

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CASPASE; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 24344443229     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.335905     Document Type: Article

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