KIT expression reveals a population of precursor melanocytes in human skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 967-971

  Grichnik, James M ^a   Ali, Wazir N ^a   Burch, James A ^a   Byers, Jeffrey D ^a   Garcia, Carlos A ^a   Clark, Robert E ^a   Shea, Christopher R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; Melanoblastic; Progenitor; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 0029886452     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12338471     Document Type: Article

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