The melanocortin-1 receptor is a key regulator of human cutaneous pigmentation

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 156-162

  Abdel Malek, Zalfa ^a,h   Scott, M Cathy ^a   Suzuki, Itaru ^b   Tada, Akihiro ^b   Im, Sungbin ^c   Lamoreux, Lynn ^d   Ito, Shosuke ^e   Barsh, Greg ^f   Hearing, Vincent J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b POLA Corporation   (Japan)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agouti signaling protein; Eumelanin; Human melanocytes; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Melanocortins; Pheomelanin; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; PHEOMELANIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALPHA-MSH; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; PEPTIDES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0034564570     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.28.x     Document Type: Article

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