Excess tyrosine stimulates eumelanin and pheomelanin synthesis in cultured slaty melanocytes from neonatal mouse epidermis

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-217

  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

Development; Differentiation; Eumelanin; Melanoblast; Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Pheomelanin; Skin; Slaty; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; EUMELANIN; ISOMERASE; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEWBORN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; TYROSINE;

MUS;

EID: 34248574492     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.209     Document Type: Article

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