Regulation of melanoblast and retinal pigment epithelium development by Xenopus laevis Mitf

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 523-534

  Kumasaka, Mayuko ^a,d   Sato, Shigeru ^b   Yajima, Ichiro ^a,d   Goding, Colin R ^c   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Dct; Eye; Melanin; Melanocyte; Melanophore; Microphthalmia; Mitf; Pigment cell; Retinal pigment epithelium; Slug; Sox10; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MITF GENE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XLMITALPHA GENE; XLMITFALPHA M GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CREST; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 27444440806     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20505     Document Type: Article

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