Regulation of yellow pigment formation in mice: A historical perspective

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-15

  Wolff, George L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti signaling protein; Cysteine; Growth; Melanocortin receptors; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

BODY GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEREDITY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERPLASIA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YELLOW AGOUTI OBESE MOUSE SYNDROME;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038324083     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00012.x     Document Type: Review

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