The interaction of agouti signal protein and melanocyte stimulating hormone to regulate melanin formation in mammals

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 191-203

  Furumura, Minao ^a   Sakai, Chie ^a   Abdel Malek, Zalfa ^b   Barsh, Gregory S ^c   Hearing, Vincent J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Melanogenesis; MSH; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; MAMMALIA;

AGOUTI PROTEIN; INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030203758     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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