Melanocyte function and its control by melanocortin peptides

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-133

  Tsatmali, Marina ^a   Ancans, Janis ^a   Thody, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanocortin receptor 1; Nitric oxide; Pro opiomelanocortin peptides; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN[1-17]; CYTOKINE; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDE;

CELL FUNCTION; DENDRITE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CELL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036148745     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540205000201     Document Type: Review

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