Agouti Alleles Alter Cysteine and Glutathione Concentrations in Hair Follicles and Serum of Mice (Ay/a, AwJ/AwJ, and a/a)

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-563

  Granholm, David E ^a   Reese, R Neil ^a   Granholm, Nels H ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NPB 252 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lethal yellow syndrome; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; LETHAL MUTANT; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029868880     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12344031     Document Type: Article

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