Characterisation of ACTH Peptides in Human Skin and Their Activation of the Melanocortin-1 Receptor

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 288-297

  Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^a,c   Graham, Alison ^a   Cook, David ^a   Thody, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Melanocortin 1 receptor; MSH; Proconvertase; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SKIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALPHA-MSH; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SKIN;

EID: 0031242973     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00688.x     Document Type: Article

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