Chk1 is essential for the development of murine epidermal melanocytes

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 580-585

  Smith, Joanne ^a   Larue, Lionel ^b,c   Gillespie, David A ^a,d  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death; Chk1; Development; Melanoblasts; Melanocytes

Indexed keywords

CHECKPOINT KINASE 1;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HETEROZYGOTE; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84879706727     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12100     Document Type: Article

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