MC1R and the response of melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 571, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 133-152

  Rouzaud, Francois ^a   Kadekaro, Ana Luisa ^b   Abdel Malek, Zalfa A ^b   Hearing, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R); Melanocyte; Pigmentation; Ultraviolet radiation (UVR); MSH

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OZONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 14644429805     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.09.014     Document Type: Review

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