Tyrosine levels regulate the melanogenic response to α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in human melanocytes: Implications for pigmentation and proliferation

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-39

  Schwahn, Denise J ^a   Weidong, X U ^a   Herrin, Amey B ^a   Bales, Elise S ^a   Medrano, Estela E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DCT; Dopachrome tautomerase; Melanin; Microphthalmia; Pmel 17; Tyrosinase; Tyrosinase related protein 2 (TRP 2)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BROXURIDINE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; FORSKOLIN; ISOMERASE; MELANIN; MELANOCYTE LINEAGE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GP100; MELANOCYTE LINEAGE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GP100; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAUCASIAN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TIME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALPHA-MSH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORSKOLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; KERATINOCYTES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOTYPE; PHORBOL ESTERS; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE;

MURINAE;

EID: 0035089363     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140106.x     Document Type: Article

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