Characterization of melanogenesis in normal human epidermal melanocytes by chemical and ultrastructural analysis

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Nakagawa, Hidemi ^a   Imokawa, Genji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidermal melanocyte; Eumelanin; Melanosome; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0030203573     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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