SCF/c-KIT signal regulates the proliferation and division of alpaca (lama pacos) hair follicle melanocytes and its mechanism

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Jiang, Jun Bing ^a   Yu, Xiu Ju ^a   Tian, Xue ^a   He, Jun Ping ^a   Dong, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpaca; c KIT receptor; Hair follicle; Immunohistochemistry; Melanocyte; Real time PCR; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALPACA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMA PACOS; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN COLOR;

LAMA PACOS;

EID: 79955871942     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0529-1356.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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