Coat color dilution in mice because of inactivation of the melanoma antigen MART-1

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Aydin, Iraz T ^a   Hummler, Edith ^b   Smit, Nico P M ^c   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knockout; MART 1; Melan A; Melanocytes; Melanosome; Mlana; Pigment

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELAN A; MELANIN; MELANOCYTE PROTEIN PMEL 17;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENETIC VECTORS; GP100 MELANOMA ANTIGEN; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; SKIN;

EID: 83755205906     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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