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Gene Expression Literature Summary
Symbol
Name
ID
Mitf
melanogenesis associated transcription factor
MGI:104554

147 matching records from 147 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.
Age E7.5 E8.5 E9 E9.5 E10 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12 E12.5 E13 E13.5 E14 E14.5 E15 E15.5 E16 E16.5 E17.5 E18 E18.5 E20 E P
Immunohistochemistry (section) 1 14 4 30 6 24 1 25 2 15 1 16 6 5 3 4 2 11
In situ RNA (section) 1 9 5 10 2 12 11 10 1 7 2 1 4 2 1 4 7
Immunohistochemistry (whole mount) 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
In situ RNA (whole mount) 1 1 1 5 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 1
Northern blot 1
Western blot 1 1
RT-PCR 1 2 4 2 1 5 4 7 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 5 1 17
cDNA clones 1

Summary by Gene and Reference: Number indicates the number of results matching the search criteria recorded for each reference.
* Indicates detailed expression data entries available
Mitf  melanogenesis associated transcription factor   (Synonyms: BCC2, bHLHe32, Gsfbcc2, mi, wh)
Results  Reference
4J:157307 Adameyko I, Lallemend F, Aquino JB, Pereira JA, Topilko P, Muller T, Fritz N, Beljajeva A, Mochii M, Liste I, Usoskin D, Suter U, Birchmeier C, Ernfors P, Schwann cell precursors from nerve innervation are a cellular origin of melanocytes in skin. Cell. 2009 Oct 16;139(2):366-79
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