Regulatory elements of the melanocortin 1 receptor

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1858-1870

  Rouzaud, Francois ^a   Hearing, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

MSH; Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R); Melanocyte; Pigmentation; Promoter

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN; PIGMENT; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1;

AGOUTI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 25144510860     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.11.041     Document Type: Review

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