Effect of dicarboxylic acids on normal human melanocytes in culture [proceedings].
1978
A S Breathnach, and
B Martin, and
M Nazzaro-Porro, and
S Passi, and
G Morpurgo, and
P Mann, and
J Cooper
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008543
Melanins
Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.
Allomelanins,Melanin,Phaeomelanins
D008544
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 melanogenesis. Coloration can be altered by the number of melanocytes or the amount of pigment produced and stored in the organelles called MELANOSOMES. The large non-mammalian melanin-containing cells are called MELANOPHORES.
Melanocyte
D002478
Cells, Cultured
Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.
Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D003998
Dicarboxylic Acids
Acyclic acids that contain two carboxyl groups and have the formula HO2C-R-CO2H, where R may be an aromatic or aliphatic group.
Acids, Dicarboxylic
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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A S Breathnach, and
B Martin, and
M Nazzaro-Porro, and
S Passi, and
G Morpurgo, and
P Mann, and
J Cooper