Gene Expression Literature Summary

• Symbol: Mitf
• Name: melanogenesis associated transcription factor
• ID: MGI:104554

146 matching records from 146 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.

Age	E7.5	E8.5	E9	E9.5	E10	E10.5	E11	E11.5	E12	E12.5	E13	E13.5	E14	E14.5	E15	E15.5	E16	E16.5	E17.5	E18.5	E20	E	P
Immunohistochemistry (section)			1	14	4	30	6	24	1	25	2	15	1	16		6		5	3	4		2	11
In situ RNA (section)			1	9	5	10	2	12		11		10	1	7		2	1	4	2	1		4	7
Immunohistochemistry (whole mount)			1	1	1	3	1	3															1
In situ RNA (whole mount)	1	1	1	5	1	6		6		3		1		1		1
Northern blot																							1
Western blot										1													1
RT-PCR	1	2		4		2	1	5		4		6	1	2	1	4	1	1	1	5	1		16
cDNA clones																							1

Summary by Gene and Reference: Number indicates the number of results matching the search criteria recorded for each reference.
* Indicates detailed expression data entries available

Mitf  melanogenesis associated transcription factor   (Synonyms: BCC2, bHLHe32, Gsfbcc2, mi, wh)
Results	Reference
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