Modulation of murine melanocyte function in vitro by agouti signal protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3544-3552

  Sakai, Chie ^a   Ollmann, Michael ^b   Kobayashi, Takeshi ^a,e   Abdel Malek, Zalfa ^c   Muller, Jacqueline ^d   Vieira, Wilfred D ^a   Imokawa, Genji ^e   Barsh, Gregory S ^b   Hearing, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Kao Inst for Fundamental Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agouti; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin; Pigmentation; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTH AMERICAN RODENTS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOMERASES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MELANOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031011806     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3544     Document Type: Article

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