Sequence Analysis of the Human Tyrosinase Promoter from a Patient with Tyrosinase-Negative Oculocutaneous Albinism

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 64-67

  Matsunaga, Jun ^a   Dakeishi, Miwako ^a   Miyamura, Yoshinori ^a   Tomita, Yasushi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mutation; Oculocutaneous albinism; Polymorphism; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

OXALIS TUBEROSA;

DNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULAR ALBINISM; PROMOTER REGION;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031064254     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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