Regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor expression in human melanocytes

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 321-328

  Gordon Thomson, Clare ^a   Mason, R S ^b   Moore, G P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EGF receptor; Human melanocyte; Immunochemistry; Melanoma; Proliferation; Transforming growth factor alpha

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 170; MELANIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034815290     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2001.100504.x     Document Type: Article

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