MITF pathway mutations in melanoma

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-377

  Yokoyama, Satoru ^a   Salma, Nunciada ^a   Fisher, David E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN SWI; PROTEIN TBX2; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EPISTASIS; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; ONCOGENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC MUTATION; SOX10 GENE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67749120788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00599.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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