Paclitaxel stimulates melanogenesis in B16-F1 melanoma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 4101-4104

  Bicamumpaka, C ^a   Page M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melanoma; Paclitaxel; Taxol

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA B16; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; KINETICS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PACLITAXEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032411787     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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