Redefining the skin's pigmentary system with a novel tyrosinase assay

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-297

  Han, Rong ^a   Baden, Howard P ^a   Brissette, Janice L ^a   Weiner, Lorin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Hair follicle; Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOTIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMAN; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-KIT; PYRONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE FIXATION; TYRAMINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

BIOTIN; BIOTINYLTYRAMIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KOJIC ACID; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TYRAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0035989977     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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