Does α-MSH Have a Role in Regulating Skin Pigmentation in Humans?

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-274

  Thody, Anthony J ^a,b   Graham, Alison ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; MC 1R; Melanocytes; Melanogenesis; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-MSH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032174943     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00735.x     Document Type: Article

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