Melanin: The biophysiology of oral melanocytes and physiological oral pigmentation

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Feller, Liviu ^a,c   Masilana, Aubrey ^a   Khammissa, Razia A G ^a   Altini, Mario ^b   Jadwat, Yusuf ^a   Lemmer, Johan ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Department Periodontology and Oral Medicine ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Keratinocyte; Melanin; Melanocyte stem cell; Melanosome; Oral melanocytes; Pigment transfer; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

GENETICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEM CELL; TOOTH SOCKET;

HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL HEALTH; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEM CELLS; TOOTH SOCKET;

EID: 84899503318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-10-8     Document Type: Review

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