Induction of melanogenesis in the epidermal melanoblasts of newborn mouse skin by MSH
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- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Development
- Vol. 37 (1), 79-90
- https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.37.1.79
Abstract
The number of melanocytes positive to the dopa reaction in the epidermis was shown to increase after newborn mice were injected with α-MSH or DBc-AMP. The agents seemed to induce the initiation of melanogenesis in the pre-existing melanoblasts. Electron-microscopic observation also demonstrated that a-MSH induced not only maturation of melanosomes but also the formation of melanosomes.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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