Agouti protein, mahogunin, and attractin in pheomelanogenesis and melanoblast-like alteration of melanocytes: A cAMP-independent pathway

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-634

  Hida, Tokimasa ^a,b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Sviderskaya, Elena V ^a   Donkin, Andrew J ^a   Montoliu, Lluis ^d   Lynn Lamoreux, M ^e   Yu, Bin ^f   Millhauser, Glenn L ^f   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Barsh, Gregory S ^g   Jimbow, Kowichi ^b   Bennett, Dorothy C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti; Attractin; CAMP; Mahogunin; Mc1r; Melanoblast; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ATTRACTIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE; EUMELANIN; MAHOGUNIN; MELAN A; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PHEOMELANIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; INBRED STRAIN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGOUTI; MUS;

EID: 69449093677     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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