Classic versus non-classic: A survival kit for life in the skin

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-708

  Uehara, Shigeyuki ^a   Kawasaki, Akiha ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; SCATTER FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; MELANOCYTES; MICE; PIGMENTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SKIN;

EID: 70350100347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00633.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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