The Mechanism of Melanocyte Dendrite Formation: The Impact of Differentiating Keratinocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-37

  Kippenberger, Stefan ^a,b   Bernd, August ^a   Bereiter Hahn, Jürgen ^b   Ramirez Bosca, Ana ^a   Kaufmann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co culture; Dendrite formation; Differentiation; Keratinocytes; Melanocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE;

CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES;

EID: 0031992959     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00708.x     Document Type: Article

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