ACTH4-12 is the minimal message sequence required to induce the differentiation of mouse epidermal melanocytes in serum-free primary culture

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 632-640

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTH (4 12); ACTH (4-12); ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; MELANIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-MSH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0034178258     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(20000501)286:6<632::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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