Key Discoveries in Melanocyte Development

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2011, Pages E2-E4

  Kawakami, Akinori ^a   Fisher, David E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUAIL; REVIEW; SKIN; XENOGRAFT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; PIGMENTATION; QUAIL; SKIN; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84856144473     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/skinbio.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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