The eumelanin and pheomelanin contents in dorsal hairs of female recessive yellow mice are greater than in male

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Hirobe, Tomohisa ^a,b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Melanocyte; Melanocyte receptor; Pheomelanin; Recessive yellow; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33845719719     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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