Characterization of melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor variant alleles in twins with red hair

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1891-1897

  Box, Neil F ^a   Wyeth, Jason R ^a   O'Gorman, Louise E ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Sturm, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAIR COLOR; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; TWINS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030782275     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.11.1891     Document Type: Article

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