Identification of common polymorphisms in the coding sequence of the human MSH receptor (MCIR) with possible biological effects

Human Mutation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-36

  Koppula, Sandhya V ^a,b   Robbins, Linda S ^a   Lu, Dongsi ^a   Baack, Eric ^a   White Jr , Clifton R ^b   Swanson, Neil A ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extension locus; melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor; polymorphism; skin types

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; DNA; FORSKOLIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EYE COLOR; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE;

EID: 0031012096     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:1<30::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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