Retinoic acid promotes the differentiation of adrenergic cells and melanocytes in quail neural crest cultures
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Retinoic acid causes neural crest cells in quail embryos to differentiate. This effect depends on what stage the cells are in during their migration from the neural crest. Retinoic acid was effective in 5-day old cultures and was active on pluripotent cells. These cells differentiated into melanocytes and adrenergic cells.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 1995
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Indispensable role of Bcl2 in the development of the melanocyte stem cell
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Using a study on mice, the importance of Bcl2 in the survival of melanoblasts and melanocytes and in formation of melanocyte stem cells, all of which are required for hair follicle development and hair pigmentation, is examined.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 2006
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A conserved transcriptional enhancer that specifies Tyrp1 expression to melanocytes
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The presence of a transcriptional enhancer that is responsible for the expression of Tyrp1 gene in melanocytes of mammals is studied.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 2006
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