The making of a melanocyte: the specification of melanoblasts from the neural crest.

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Published in Pigment Cell Melanoma Res on December 01, 2008

Authors

Aaron J Thomas1, Carol A Erickson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA. ajthomas@ucdavis.edu

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