Cysteine deprivation promotes eumelanogenesis in human melanoma cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 698-702

  Del Marmol, Véronique ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Bouchard, Brigitte ^c   Libert, Anita ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ghanem, Ghanem ^a   Solano, Francisco ^d  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0029849449     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12365591     Document Type: Article

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