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melanocyte
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Melanocytes
Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called…
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Tyrosinase gene expression in human tissues.
Zit Abattyani
,
Luc Xerri
,
Jacques Hassoun
,
J. Bonerandi
,
J. Grob
Pigment Cell Research
1993
Corpus ID: 27469473
The occasional occurrence of primary extra-cutaneous malignant melanomas (MM) has led to the hypothesis that melanocytes derived…
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1986
1986
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone and the regulation of tyrosinase activity in hair follicular melanocytes of the mouse.
S. Burchill
,
A. Thody
Journal of Endocrinology
1986
Corpus ID: 381246
Skin tyrosinase activity increases during hair growth in C3H-HeAvy mice and reaches higher levels in young (30- to 35-day-old…
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1986
1986
Long-term trophic action of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on the zona glomerulosa of the rat adrenal cortex.
C. Robba
,
Piera Rebuffat
,
Giuseppina Mazzocchi
,
G. Nussdorfer
Acta Endocrinologica
1986
Corpus ID: 24250557
The effects of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) on the rat adrenal cortex were investigated by coupled…
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1981
1981
Immunoelectron microscopic localization of tyrosinase in the mouse melanocyte.
Hiroaki Yamamoto
,
Takuji Takeuchi
Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
1981
Corpus ID: 20239385
In the melanocyte, tyrosinase is known as the dey enzyme for melanin formation. Purified tyrosinase protein was prepared that was…
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1976
1976
Nonrandom distribution of receptors for melanocyte-stimulating hormone on the surface of mouse melanoma cells.
J. Varga
,
Mark A. Saper
,
Aaron B. Lerner
,
Peter Fritsch
Journal of Supramolecular Structure
1976
Corpus ID: 34650706
An improved bubble method was developed for applying an ultrathin layer of nuclear track emulsion on the surface of cells labeled…
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1973
1973
Peroxidase, "protyrosinase," and the multiple forms of tyrosinase in mice.
T. Holstein
,
C. Stowell
,
Walter C. Quevedo
,
Robert M. Zarcaro
,
Theresa C. Bienieki
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1973
Corpus ID: 17090963
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1973
1973
Effect of ultraviolet on the distribution pattern of microfilaments and microtubules and on the nucleus in human melanocytes.
Kowichi Jimbow
,
M. Pathak
,
T. B. Fitzpatrick
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1973
Corpus ID: 2973922
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1966
1966
Melanocyte-stimulating activity in a transplantable mouse pituitary tumor.
I. I. Geschwind
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R. A. Huseby
Endocrinology
1966
Corpus ID: 2999279
Levels of melanocyte-stimulating activity were determined in the circulation and in the tumors of mice bearing a transplantable…
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1960
1960
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF OVARIECTOMY, OESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE ON THE MELANOCYTES AND MELANIN IN THE SKIN OF THE FEMALE GUINEA-PIG
P. G. Bischitz
,
R. Snell
1960
Corpus ID: 54618988
1. The effects of ovariectomy, oestrogen and progesterone on the melanocytes and melanin in the skin of the ear, anterior…
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Review
1954
Review
1954
Determination of melanocyte-stimulating hormone in urine and blood.
K. Shizume
,
A. Lerner
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
1954
Corpus ID: 43197394
SINCE 1926, sporadic reports have appeared on the presence of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) in mammalian urine and…
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