1995
Mouse silver. mutation is caused by a single base insertion in the putative cytoplasmic domain of Pmel 17
Kwon B, Halaban R, Ponnazhagan S, Kim K, Chintamaneni C, Bennett D, Pickard R. Mouse silver. mutation is caused by a single base insertion in the putative cytoplasmic domain of Pmel 17. Nucleic Acids Research 1995, 23: 154-158. PMID: 7870580, PMCID: PMC306643, DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.1.154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPmel 17CDNA clonesMelanocyte cDNA libraryPutative cytoplasmic tailPutative cytoplasmic domainAmino acidsMouse chromosome 10Coat color locusSingle nucleotide insertionSilver locusSingle base insertionChromosomal locationGenomic regionsCytoplasmic domainTermination signalCytoplasmic tailCDNA libraryReading frameSI allelesColor locusCarboxyl terminusC-terminusChromosome 10Nucleotide insertionBase insertion
1994
Characterization of Mouse Pmel 17 Gene and Silver Locus
KWON B, KIM K, HALABAN R, PICKARD R. Characterization of Mouse Pmel 17 Gene and Silver Locus. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 1994, 7: 394-397. PMID: 7761347, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1994.tb00067.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCDNA clonesPutative cytoplasmic tailPmel 17Amino acidsC-terminal amino acidsSingle nucleotide insertionSilver locusGenomic regionsCytoplasmic tailCarboxyl terminusC-terminusMurine melanocytesNucleotide insertionMutation sitesProteinClonesGenesTerminusLociMajor defectsMutationsResiduesAcidMelanocytesInsertion
1988
Sequence analysis of mouse tyrosinase cDNA and the effect of melanotropin on its gene expression
Kwon B, Wakulchik M, Haq A, Halaban R, Kestler D. Sequence analysis of mouse tyrosinase cDNA and the effect of melanotropin on its gene expression. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1988, 153: 1301-1309. PMID: 3134020, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81370-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid sequenceAcid sequenceTyrosinase cDNAPotential N-glycosylation sitesMouse genomic cloneHistidine-rich regionMouse tyrosinase geneN-glycosylation sitesLevels of transcriptsCopper-binding siteMouse tyrosinase cDNADeduced proteinGenomic clonesTransmembrane sequenceHuman tyrosinase cDNACDNA clonesMouse tyrosinaseTyrosinase geneGene expressionSequence analysisAmino acidsHuman tyrosinaseClonesCDNAMelanoma cells
1987
A melanocyte-specific complementary DNA clone whose expression is inducible by melanotropin and isobutylmethyl xanthine.
Kwon B, Halaban R, Kim G, Usack L, Pomerantz S, Haq A. A melanocyte-specific complementary DNA clone whose expression is inducible by melanotropin and isobutylmethyl xanthine. Molecular Biology & Medicine 1987, 4: 339-55. PMID: 2449595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthineAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCatechol OxidaseDNAGene Expression RegulationGlycoproteinsHumansMelaninsMelanocytesMelanocyte-Stimulating HormonesMelanomaMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMonophenol MonooxygenaseNeoplasm ProteinsPigmentationSpecies SpecificityTheophyllineTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsPmel 17CDNA clonesLambda gt11 cDNA libraryComplementary DNA cloneHuman tyrosinase geneNormal human melanocytesSingle geneDNA clonesCDNA libraryStimulation of humanMRNA speciesTyrosinase geneMurine melanocytesMurine DNAMurine melanoma cellsRestriction fragmentsHuman melanocytesRepresentative clonesGenesClonesImmunological homologyCDNAMelanoma cellsMelanocytesSpeciesIsolation and sequence of a cDNA clone for human tyrosinase that maps at the mouse c-albino locus.
Kwon BS, Haq AK, Pomerantz SH, Halaban R. Isolation and sequence of a cDNA clone for human tyrosinase that maps at the mouse c-albino locus. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1987, 84: 7473-7477. PMID: 2823263, PMCID: PMC299318, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCDNA clonesMelanocyte cDNA libraryRelated mRNA speciesHuman tyrosinaseAmino acid sequenceSouthern blot analysisStructural geneCDNA libraryNucleotide sequenceMRNA speciesAcid sequenceGlycosylation sitesCDNA insertDeletion mutationsCell typesAmino acidsCopper bindingBlot analysisClonesMalignant melanocytesLociSequenceTyrosinaseApproximate lengthKilobases