Mitf contributes to melanosome distribution and melanophore dendricity

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Kawasaki, Akiha ^a   Kumasaka, Mayuko ^b,h   Satoh, Akira ^a,f   Suzuki, Makoto ^a,g   Tamura, Koji ^a   Goto, Toshiyasu ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^c,d,e   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^h CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendricity; Melanosome transport; Mitf; Neural tube culture; Xenopus melanophore

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RAB27A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOPHORE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MELANOPHORES; MELANOSOMES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; PHENOTYPE; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 41049112335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2007.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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