Gene Review:
PMEL - premelanosome protein
Gallus gallus
Synonyms:
MMP115, SILV
- Complete sequence and expression of a cDNA encoding a chicken 115-kDa melanosomal matrix protein. Mochii, M., Agata, K., Eguchi, G. Pigment Cell Res. (1991)
- Extraocular mesenchyme patterns the optic vesicle during early eye development in the embryonic chick. Fuhrmann, S., Levine, E.M., Reh, T.A. Development (2000)
- Genetic characterization of the multipotent dedifferentiated state of pigmented epithelial cells in vitro. Agata, K., Kobayashi, H., Itoh, Y., Mochii, M., Sawada, K., Eguchi, G. Development (1993)
- Retina regeneration in the chick embryo is not induced by spontaneous Mitf downregulation but requires FGF/FGFR/MEK/Erk dependent upregulation of Pax6. Spence, J.R., Madhavan, M., Aycinena, J.C., Del Rio-Tsonis, K. Mol. Vis. (2007)
- Suppression of Mitf by small interfering RNA induces dedifferentiation of chick embryonic retinal pigment epithelium. Iwakiri, R., Kobayashi, K., Okinami, S., Kobayashi, H. Exp. Eye Res. (2005)
- Expression of gene coding for a melanosomal matrix protein transcriptionally regulated in the transdifferentiation of chick embryo pigmented epithelial cells. Mochii, M., Agata, K., Kobayashi, H., Yamamoto, T.S., Eguchi, G. Cell Differ. (1988)
- The Dominant white, Dun and Smoky color variants in chicken are associated with insertion/deletion polymorphisms in the PMEL17 gene. Kerje, S., Sharma, P., Gunnarsson, U., Kim, H., Bagchi, S., Fredriksson, R., Schütz, K., Jensen, P., von Heijne, G., Okimoto, R., Andersson, L. Genetics (2004)