Agouti Protein Inhibits the Production of Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin in the Presence and Absence of α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-303

  Graham, Alison ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a,b   Hunt, Gillian ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^b   Thody, Anthony J ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agouti protein; Eumelanin; Melanogenesis; Phaeomelanin; melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MICE; PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031241557     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00689.x     Document Type: Article

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