Cellular origin and developmental mechanisms during the formation of skin melanocytes

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 316, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1397-1407

  Ernfors, Patrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Melanocytes; Neural crest; Pigmentation; Schwann cell precursors; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; CELL HOMING; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; SKIN;

EID: 77952566993     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.02.042     Document Type: Review

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