Biochemical and genetic studies of pigment-type switching

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 48-53

  Barsh, Greg ^a,c   Gunn, Teresa ^a   He, Lin ^a   Schlossman, Stuart ^b   Duke Cohan, Jonathan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Agrp; Eumelanin; Mahogany Attractin; Mc1r; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ATRN PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034566125     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.10.x     Document Type: Article

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