J. Helen Leonard

Altered cell surface expression of human MC1R variant receptor alleles associated with red hair and skin cancer risk (2005)

Beaumont, Kimberley A., Newton, Richard A., Smit, Darren J., Helen Leonard, J., Stow, Jennifer L., Sturm, Richard A.

The human melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) encodes a G-protein coupled receptor that is primarily expressed on melanocytes, where it plays a key role in pigmentation regulation. Variant alleles...