Morphology of Cultured Human Epidermal Melanocytes Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-65

  Zhang, Ru Zhi ^a   Zhu, Wen Yuan ^a   Xia, Ming Yu ^a   Feng, Yan ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Dendrite; Melanocyte; Melanosome

Indexed keywords

DISPASE; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; DENDRITE; EXOCYTOSIS; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PSEUDOPODIA;

MICA;

EID: 0842327292     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0749.2003.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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