Tfap2b Specifies an Embryonic Melanocyte Stem Cell That Retains Adult Multi-Fate Potential

    June 2021 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”
    Alessandro Brombin, Daniel J. Simpson, Jana Trávníčková … E. Elizabeth Patton

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    Studysummary This study discovered that the gene Tfap2b identifies a melanocyte stem cell population in zebrafish, essential for regenerating melanocytes with multi-fate potential into adult pigment cells.
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    4. Human Dermal Stem Cells Differentiate Into Functional Epidermal Melanocytes Journal of Cell Science · 2010