Identification and sequencing of a putative variant of proopiomelanocortin in human epidermis and epidermal cells in culture.

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Published in J Invest Dermatol on September 01, 1998

Authors

G Can1, Z Abdel-Malek, P A Porter-Gill, P Gill, S Boyce, G A Grabowski, J Nordlund, J Farooqui

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1: Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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