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Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1218-1219

  Park, Hee Young ^a   Gilchrest, Barbara A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DIHYDROLIPOATE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; FORSKOLIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCEROL 2 ACETATE 1 OLEATE; MELANIN; METHOXSALEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESERVATROL; THIOCTIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MITF; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NULL ALLELE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUVA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0036915650     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.19651.x     Document Type: Editorial

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