Effects of recombinant agouti-signaling protein on melanocortin action

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-280

  Yang, Ying Kui ^a   Ollmann, Michael M ^c   Wilson, Brent D ^c   Dickinson, Chris ^a   Yamada, Tadataka ^a,b   Barsh, Gregory S ^c   Gantz, Ira ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; MELANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOR; HAIR; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031051101     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.11.3.9898     Document Type: Article

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