Unresponsiveness of human epidermal melanocytes to melanocyte-stimulating hormone and its association with red hair

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Hunt, Gillian ^a   Todd, Carole ^a   Thody, Anthony J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human melanocytes; Melanocortin receptor; Melanogenesis; Morphology; MSH

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0030052928     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03708-X     Document Type: Article

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