Melanocytes expressing MC1R polymorphism
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Donald W. Roberts; Richard A. Newton; J. Helen Leonard; Richard A. Sturm
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The occurrence of red hair and pale skin in individuals, which is associated with UV‐radiation sensitivity and increased skin cancer risk, is mainly due to polymorphisms in the melanocortin‐1 receptor (MC1R) expressed in melanocytes. We have established a serum free human melanocyte–ker