UBE3A regulates MC1R expression: A link to hypopigmentation in Angelman syndrome

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 944-952

  Low, Daren ^a   Chen, Ken Shiung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; E6AP; Hypopigmentation; MC1R

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DOWN REGULATION; E BOX ELEMENT; EPIDERMIS; FOOT PAD; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

MUS;

EID: 80053895262     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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