Significance of the melanocortin 1 receptor in regulating human melanocyte pigmentation, proliferation, and survival

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 994, Issue , 2003, Pages 359-365

  Kadekaro, Ana Luisa ^a   Kanto, Hiromi ^a   Kavanagh, Renny ^a   Abdel Malek, Zalfa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 1 receptor; Melanocortins; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Pigmentation; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYSTEINE; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; HISTIDINE; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MC1R GENE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; POMC GENE; RED HAIR; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGOUTI;

EID: 0037713158     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03200.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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