Antibodies specific to melanocyte-specific proteins available from the Hearing Laboratory

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 651-

  Hearing, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; EPITOPE; GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; RABBIT ANTISERUM; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1;

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SHORT SURVEY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 69449089410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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