Redox regulation in human melanocytes and melanoma

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 148-154

  Meyskens Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Farmer, Patrick ^b   Fruehauf, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1; Glutathione; NF B; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide anion; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MELANIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034811354     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140303.x     Document Type: Review

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