Activating mutation of GSα in McCune-Albright syndrome causes skin pigmentation by tyrosinase gene activation on affected melanocytes

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Kim, Il Soo ^a   Kim, Eun Ryoung ^a   Nam, Hye Jung ^a   Chin, Mi Ok ^a   Moon, Young Ho ^a   Oh, Myung Ryurl ^b   Yeo, Un Cheol ^b   Song, Seng Mi ^b   Kim, Jung Sim ^b   Uhm, Mee Ryung ^b   Beck, Nam Seon ^b   Jin, Dong Kyu ^b  

^a Sung Ae General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

G proteins; McCune Albright syndrome; Melanocytes; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0033510265     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023467     Document Type: Article

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