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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2011 Sep 2;25(1):14–27. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00898.x

Figure 4. Proposed mechanism of L-tyrosine and L-DOPA regulation of the melanocyte phenotype.

Figure 4

GPCR: membrane bound receptors including G-protein coupled receptor; NR: nuclear receptors; Tyr: tyrosinase; TRP: tyrosinase related proteins; PH: phenylalanine hydroxylase, TH: tyrosine hydroxylase,. Solid lines shows well established or most probable pathways, dashed line shows hypothetic interactions.