NADPH:Quinone oxidoreductase-1 as a new regulatory enzyme that increases melanin synthesis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-647

  Yamaguchi, Yuji ^a   Hearing, Vincent J ^b   Maeda, Akira ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGENICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA CELL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 76649134839     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.378     Document Type: Note

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