Melanin offers protection against induction of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts by UVB in cultured human melanocytes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 424-430

  Smit, Nico P M ^a   Vink, Ard A ^b   Kolb, Ria M ^a   Steenwinkel, Marie Jose S T ^b   Van den Berg, Paula T M ^b   Van Nieuwpoort, Frans ^a   Roza, Len ^b   Pavel, Stan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NEWBORN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CULTURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035470725     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0424:MOPAIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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