Skin as a living coloring book: how epithelial cells create patterns of pigmentation.

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Published in Pigment Cell Melanoma Res on September 01, 2014

Authors

Lorin Weiner1, Wenyu Fu, William J Chirico, Janice L Brissette

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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