Effects of genic substitution at the agouti, brown, albino, dilute, and pink-eyed dilution loci on the proliferation and differentiation of mouse epidermal melanocytes in serum-free culture

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-191

  Hirobe, Tomohisa ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coat color gene; Differentiation; Keratinocyte; Melanocyte; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; DOPA; MELANIN; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE LOCUS; HAIR COLOR; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031884262     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80060-5     Document Type: Article

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