Melatonin and melanocyte functions

NeuroSignals

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 260-266

  Iyengar, Bhanu ^a  

^a Pigment Cell Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Cell number; Dendricity; G2 phase arrest; UV response; Whole skin organ culture

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; PHOTOREACTIVATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CELL COUNT; DARKNESS; DENDRITIC CELLS; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELATONIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SEROTONIN; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033798834     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014648     Document Type: Article

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