Identification and sequencing of a putative variant of proopiomelanocortin in human epidermis and epidermal cells in culture

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-491

  Can, Gong ^a   Abdel Malek, Zalfa ^a   Porter Gill, Patricia A ^b   Gill, Pritmohinder ^b   Boyce, Steven ^c   Grabowski, Gregory A ^b   Nordlund, James ^a   Farooqui, Jamal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Keratinocyte; Melanocyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 0031685619     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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