Immunoreactive α-melanotropin as an autocrine effector in human melanoma cells

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 923-930

  Loir, Béatrice ^a   Bouchard, Brigitte ^b   Niorandini, Renato ^a   Del Marmol, Véronique ^a   Deraemaecker, Rika ^a   Garcia Borron, José Carlos ^c   Ghanem, Ghanem ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocrine; Malignant melanoma; Melanocortin receptor; Release; Melanotropin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030896143     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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