Fifteen-year quest for microphthalmia-associated transcription factor target genes

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-40

  Cheli, Yann ^a   Ohanna, Mickael ^a   Ballotti, Robert ^a   Bertolotto, Corine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Mast cells; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Microphthalmia associated transcription factor; Osteoclasts; Targets

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MELANIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE TARGETING; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 74349119176     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00653.x     Document Type: Review

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