Melanocyte fate in neural crest is triggered by Myb proteins through activation of c-kit

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2975-2984

  Karafiat, V ^a   Dvorakova, M ^a   Pajer, P ^a   Cermak, V ^a   Dvorak, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

c kit signal; c myb proto oncogene; Cell fate determination; Melanocytes; Neural crest; v mybAMVoncogene

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MYB; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, MYB; MELANOCYTES; NEURAL CREST; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-MYB; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AVES;

EID: 38549161146     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7330-5     Document Type: Article

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