Production of melanocyte-specific antibodies to human melanosomal proteins: Expression patterns in normal human skin and in cutaneous pigmented lesions

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Virador, Victoria ^a   Matsunaga, Naoko ^b   Matsunaga, Jun ^c   Valencia, Julio ^d   Oldham, Roger J ^e   Kameyama, Koichiro ^f   Peck, Gary L ^d   Ferrans, Victor J ^a   Vieira, Wilfred D ^b   Abdel Malek, Zalfa A ^c   Hearing, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Aoyama Dermatology Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d Aoyama Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

^e WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Melanogenesis; Melanosome; Pigmentation; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034876422     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140410.x     Document Type: Article

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