Masayoshi Tachibana

Evidence to suggest that expression of MITF induces melanocyte differentiation and haploinsufficiency of MITF causes Waardenburg syndrome type 2A.

M. Tachibana, Masayoshi Tachibana, 1997, Pigment cell research.

Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding a novel microphthalmia-associated transcription factor isoform with a distinct amino-terminus.

K. Takahashi, S. Shibahara, M. Tamai, 1999, Journal of biochemistry.

Ser298 of MITF, a mutation site in Waardenburg syndrome type 2, is a phosphorylation site with functional significance.

D. Fisher, Y. Nobukuni, I. Kobayashi, 2000, Human molecular genetics.