Coat color determination by miR-137 mediated down-regulation of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor in a mouse model

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1679-1686

  Dong, Changsheng ^a   Wang, Haidong ^a   Xue, Linli ^a   Dong, Yanjun ^a,b   Yang, Lei ^a   Fan, Ruiwen ^a   Yu, Xiuju ^a   Tian, Xue ^a   Ma, Shuhui ^a   Smith, George W ^a,c  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coat color; Melanogenesis; miR 137

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 137; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COAT COLOR; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIATOR; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR COLOR; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICRORNAS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84865131030     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.033977.112     Document Type: Article

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