Development of lentigines in German and Japanese women correlates with variants in the SLC45A2 gene

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 3 PART 1, 2012, Pages 733-736

  Vierkötter, Andrea ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^a   Sugiri, Dorothee ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^b   Yamamoto, Ai ^b   Kaneko, Natsumi ^b   Matsui, Mary ^c   Krutmann, Jean ^a  

^a IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Estee Lauder Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SLC45A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENTIGO; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84857061053     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.350     Document Type: Letter

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