Stereological Studies of the Effects of α-MSH and cAMP on Melanosomes in Melanoma Cells

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 337-344

  Fang, Dong ^a,c   Dockery, Peter ^a,b   Weatherhead, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Cloudman S91; Melanin; Melanogenesis; Melanoma; Melanosome; MSH; Number weighted mean volume; Stereology; Volume weighted mean volume

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CYCLIC AMP; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; HUMAN; MELANOSOME; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION;

ALPHA-MSH; CELL COUNT; CYCLIC AMP; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0032254582     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00492.x     Document Type: Article

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