| Literature DB >> 24940768 |
A Mehrotra1, G Mehta1, S Aras1, A Trivedi1, I L de la Serna1.
Abstract
Epidermal melanocytes are pigment-producing cells derived from the neural crest that protects skin from the damaging effects of solar radiation. Malignant melanoma, a highly aggressive cancer, arises from melanocytes. SWI/SNF enzymes are multiprotein complexes that remodel chromatin structure and have extensive roles in cellular differentiation. Components of the complex have been found to be mutated or lost in several human cancers. This review focuses on studies that implicate SWI/SNF enzymes in melanocyte differentiation and in melanoma.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24940768 PMCID: PMC4104388 DOI: 10.1615/critreveukaryotgeneexpr.2014007882
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr ISSN: 1045-4403 Impact factor: 1.807