Chemical characterization of pheomelanogenesis starting from dihydroxyphenylalanine or tyrosine and cysteine.

Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor

Dongsi Lu, Derril H. Willard, Indravadan R. Patel et al. · Nature · 1994 · 1.1K citations

Signal Transduction, G Protein-coupled Receptor, Medicine +8

A second tyrosinase-related protein, TRP-2, is a melanogenic enzyme termed DOPAchrome tautomerase.

Katsuhiko Tsukamoto, Ian J. Jackson, Kazunori Urabe et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1992 · 562 citations · Full text

Second Tyrosinase-related Protein, Signal Transduction, Biochemistry +4

Tyrosinase related protein 1 (TRP1) functions as a DHICA oxidase in melanin biosynthesis.

Takeshi Kobayashi, Kazunori Urabe, Alison J. Winder et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1994 · 473 citations · Full text

Melanin Biosynthesis, Biosynthesis, Cellular Enzymology +8

Microanalysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin in hair and melanomas by chemical degradation and liquid chromatography

Shosuke Ito, Keisuke Fujita · Analytical Biochemistry · 1985 · 385 citations

Chemical Degradation, Bioanalysis, Analytical Chemistry +5

Spectrophotometric Characterization of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in Hair

Hiroyuki Ozeki, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al. · Pigment Cell Research · 1996 · 219 citations