The melanocortin-1 receptor and human pigmentation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 117-133

  Abdel Malek, Zalfa ^a   Suzuki, Itaru ^b   Tada, Akihiro ^b   Im, Sungbin ^c   Akcali, Can ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b POLA Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HAIR COLOR; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032764095     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08669.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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