Article
Coat color dilution in mice because of inactivation of the melanoma antigen MART-1.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Jan 2012
Aydin Iraz T, Hummler Edith, Smit Nico P M, Beermann Friedrich
Abstract excerpt
Melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1 (MART-1) is a melanoma-specific antigen, which has been thoroughly studied in the context of immunotherapy against malignant melanoma and which is found only in the pigment cell lineage. However, its exact function and involvement in pigmentation is not clearly understood. Melanoma antigen recognized by T cells 1 has been shown to interact with the melanosomal proteins...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Genetic Vectors
- Hair
- Hair Color
- MART-1 Antigen
- Melanins
- Melanocytes
- Melanosomes
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Phenotype
- Skin
- gp100 Melanoma Antigen
