Shades of meaning: The pigment-type switching system as a tool for discovery

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Walker, Will P ^a,b   Gunn, Teresa M ^a  

^a MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

agouti; attractin; mahogunin ring finger 1; melanocortin receptor; pigment type switching

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIN; EUMELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN;

GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION;

AGOUTI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954729226     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00721.x     Document Type: Review

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