Expression patterns of MITF during human cutaneous embryogenesis: Evidence for bulge epithelial expression and persistence of dermal melanoblasts

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 615-622

  Gleason, Briana C ^a   Crum, Christopher P ^a   Murphy, George F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLAST CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FETUS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MOVEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN; STEM CELLS;

EID: 44949119508     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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