A conserved transcriptional enhancer that specifies Tyrp1 expression to melanocytes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 644-655

  Murisier, Fabien ^a   Guichard, Sabrina ^a   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a National Center of Competence in Research in Molecular Oncology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BAC; lacZ; Melanocyte; Neural crest; Pigmentation; RPE; Transgenic; Tyrosinase; Tyrp1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYRP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33748970805     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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