The relation between melanocortin 1 receptor genotype and experimentally assessed ultraviolet radiation sensitivity

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1314-1317

  Flanagan, Niamh ^a   Ray, Amanda J ^a   Todd, Carole ^a   Birch Machin, Mark A ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 1 receptor; Pigment; Red hair; Skin type; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0035725244     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2001.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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