The Role of Alpha-MSH, Its Agonists, and C-AMP in In Vitro Avian Melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Bowers, Roger R ^a   Biboso, Arcadio ^a   Chavez, Ofelia ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone; Alpha MSH; Alpha MSH agonists; Barred Plymouth Rock; c AMP; Chicken; Hormone; In vitro; Melanocyte; Rp c AMPS; Second messenger

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENOSINE 3',5' PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; ADENOSINE-3',5'-CYCLIC PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; MELANOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; 8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BUCLADESINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FORSKOLIN; MELANOCYTES; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0031063332     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00464.x     Document Type: Article

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