Research Programs Cancer Biology & Genetics Cell Biology Computational Biology Developmental Biology Kathryn Anderson Zhirong Bao Mary K. Baylies Peter Besmer Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis Maria Jasin Alexandra Joyner Julia Kaltschmidt Elizabeth Lacy Eric Lai Songhai Shi Lorenz Studer Nicholas Tolwinski Jennifer Zallen Immunology Molecular Biology Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Structural Biology Postdoctoral Training Graduate Education Summer Undergraduate Research Program Core Facilities Collaborative Research Centers Sloan-Kettering Institute > Research Programs > Developmental Biology > Peter Besmer > Projects > Mechanisms of the Regulation of Cell-type Specific Expression of Kit Selected Publications Duttlinger R, Manova K, Chu TY, Gyssler C, Zelenetz AD, Bachvarova RF, Besmer P. W-sash affects positive and negative elements controlling c-kit expression: ectopic expression of c-kit at sites of kit-ligand expression affects melanogenesis. Development. 1993;118:705-717. Duttlinger, R, Manova K, Berrozpe G, Chu TY, DeLeon V, Timokhina I, Chaganti RSK, Zelenetz AD, Bachvarova RF and Besmer P. The Wsh and Ph mutations affect c-kit expression profile: c-kit misexpression in embryogenesis impairs melanogenesis in Wsh and Ph mutant mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1995;92:3754-3758. Berrozpe G, Timokhina I, Yukl S, Tajima Y, Ono M, Zelenetz AD, Besmer P. The W(sh), W(57) and Ph Kit expression mutations define tissue-specific control elements located between -23 and -154 kb upstream of Kit. Blood. 1999;94:2658-2666. Return to Mechanisms of the Regulation of Cell-type Specific Expression of Kit Main Page

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