Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 |
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| MC1 Receptor; Melanocortin-1 Receptor; Melanocyte Melanocortin Receptor; Receptor, Melanocortin-1; Melanocortin 1 Receptor; Melanocortin Receptor, Melanocyte; Receptor 1, Melanocortin; Receptor, MC1; Receptor, Melanocortin 1 | |
| A melanocortin receptor subtype found primarily in MELANOCYTES. It shows specificity for ALPHA-MSH and CORTICOTROPIN. Loss of function mutations of the type 1 melanocortin receptor account for the majority of red hair and fair skin recessive traits in human. | |