The role of melanocortin-1 receptor polymorphism in skin cancer risk phenotypes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Sturm, Richard A ^a   Duffy, David L ^b   Box, Neil F ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Smit, Darren J ^a   Brown, Darren L ^a   Stow, Jennifer L ^a   Leonard, J Helen ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freckle; MC1R; Melanocyte; Mole; OCA2

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIGO; LIGAND BINDING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEVUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKIN CANCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLELES; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASES IN TWINS; EYE COLOR; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037902558     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00041.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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