Genetic and epigenetic control of the proliferation and differentiation of mouse epidermal melanocytes in culture

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-163

  Hirobe, Tomohisa ^a,b   Abe, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Res Inst for the Funct Peptides   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic FGF; Coat color gene; Cyclic AMP; Keratinocyte; Melanoblast; Melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INTERMEDIN;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0033146457     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00508.x     Document Type: Review

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