Skin colour and skin cancer - MC1R, the genetic link

Melanoma Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 405-416

  Sturm, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; CDKN2A; Epidemiology; MC1R; Melanoma genetics; Solar keratosis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; ASPARTIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYSTINE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELISM; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIGO; MC1R GENE; MELANOMA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; ONSET AGE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE TYPES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TUMOR; TWINS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTINE; GENOTYPE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRYPTOPHAN; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036753176     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200209000-00001     Document Type: Review

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