TRP-ing up melanophores: TRPM7, melanin synthesis, and pigment cell survival

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1855-1856

  Iuga, Aurel O ^a   Lerner, Ethan A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Building 149 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLTHIOUREA; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL MELASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; DETOXIFICATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 34447563725     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700773     Document Type: Note

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