Human hair follicles as a peripheral source of tyrosine hydroxylase and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase mRNA

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-212

  Chang, Y T ^a   Hyland, K ^a,b   Mues, G ^c   Marsh, J L ^d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mary Crowley Medical Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Hair follicle; Keratinocyte; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031043112     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13380-8     Document Type: Article

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