Beta-carboline alkaloids harmaline and harmalol induce melanogenesis through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in B16F10 mouse melanoma cells

BMB Reports

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 824-829

  Park, Sun Young ^a   Kim, Young Hun ^a   Kim, Young Hee ^a   Park, Geuntae ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

carboline; Melanogenesis; MITF; p38 MAPK; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HARMALINE; HARMALOL; ISOMERASE; MELANIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE-RELATED PROTEIN-1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HARMALINE; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 78650693780     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2010.43.12.824     Document Type: Article

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