Quantitative Measures of the Effect of the Melanocortin 1 Receptor on Human Pigmentary Status

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 423-428

  Naysmith, Lisa ^a   Waterston, Karen ^a   Ha, Tom ^a   Flanagan, Niamh ^b   Bisset, Yvonne ^a   Ray, Amanda ^c   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^d   Ito, Shosuke ^d   Rees, Jonathan L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pigment; Red hair; Skin color; Skin type; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 1442274588     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2004.22221.x     Document Type: Article

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