The melanocortin 1 receptor is the principal mediator of the effects of agouti signaling protein on mammalian melanocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1019-1024

  Abdel Malek, Zalfa A ^a   Scott, M Cathy ^a   Furumura, Minao ^b   Lamoreux, M Lynn ^c   Ollmann, Michael ^d   Barsh, Greg S ^d   Hearing, Vincent J ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

melanocyte stimulating hormone; Agouti signaling protein; Eumelanin; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Melanocytes; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MAMMAL CELL; MEDIATOR; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035064572     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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