Independent regulation of hair and skin color by two G protein-coupled pathways

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-826

  Van Raamsdonk, Catherine D ^a   Barsh, Gregory S ^b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dsk; Extension; Gna11; Gnaq; Mc1r; Melanocyte; Skin

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHEOMELANIN; PROTEIN GNA11; PROTEIN GNAQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR CELL; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CELL; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350087399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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