Regulation of Pigment Type Switching by Agouti, Melanocortin Signaling, Attractin, and Mahoganoid

The Pigmentary System: Physiology and Pathophysiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 395-409

  Barsh, Gregory S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agouti gene; Dendritic cells; Mahoganoid; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Melanocortin signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889628476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987100.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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