Lighting a path to pigmentation: Mechanisms of MITF induction by UV

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-745

  Liu, Jue J ^a   Fisher, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanins; Microphthalmia associated transcription factor; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDORPHIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN P53; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78049248595     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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