Variations in melanin formation by cultured melanocytes from different skin types

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 342-349

  Smit, Nico P M ^a   Kolb, Ria M ^a   Lentjes, Eef G W M ^a   Noz, Käthe C ^a   Van Der Meulen, Hans ^a   Koerten, Henk K ^a   Vermeer, Bert Jan ^a   Pavel, Stan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atypical nevus; Cell culture; Melanin; Melanocyte; Phaeomelanin; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NEVUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TYPE;

CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0031818719     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050315     Document Type: Article

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