Establishment and characterization of a normal melanocyte cell line derived from pig skin

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-410

  Julé, Sophia ^a   Bossé, Philippe ^a   Egidy, Giorgia ^a   Panthier, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Activating protein 2; Cell line; Melanocyte; Pig; Primary culture; Skin; Swine

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN PIGMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EPIDERMIS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SKIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0041695537     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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