Photomodulation of the melanocyte cell cycle by indoleamines

NeuroSignals

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 345-350

  Iyengar, Bhanu ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

Author keywords

Cell cycle traverse; G2 phase; M phase; Melatonin; Serotonin; Tryptamine; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; MITOSIS RATE; ORGAN CULTURE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; SKIN; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VITILIGO;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELL CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELATONIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SEROTONIN; SKIN; TRYPTAMINES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032405627     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014558     Document Type: Article

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