High levels of melanin-related metabolites in plasma from pink-eyed dilution mice [1]

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-224

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

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

P protein; Pink eyed dilution; Recessive yellow; Slaty; Tyrosinase; Tyrp2

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXY 5 METHOXYINDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINYLDOPA; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBINISM; BLOOD LEVEL; CYCLIZATION; DEVELOPMENT; EYE COLOR; GENE MUTATION; LETTER; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; PLASMA; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 34248671393     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2007.00370.x     Document Type: Letter

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