MC1R expression in skin: Is it confined to melanocytes? [4]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2472-2473

  Roberts, Donald W ^a   Newton, Richard A ^a   Sturm, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN;

EID: 34848838267     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700881     Document Type: Letter

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