Purification and growth of melanocortin 1 receptor (Mc1r)-defective primary murine melanocytes is dependent on stem cell factor (SFC) from keratinocyte-conditioned media

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 577-583

  Scott, Timothy L ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Ito, Shosuke ^b   D'Orazio, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Keratinocyte; Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R); Melanocyte; Pheomelanin; Pigmentation; Primary cell culture; Stem cell factor (SCF)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 73849147995     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-009-9232-3     Document Type: Article

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