The macromelanophore locus and the melanoma oncogene Xmrk are separate genetic entities in the genome of Xiphophorus

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1909-1920

  Weis, Silke ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; MELANOMA; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MELANOPHORA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI; XIPHOPHORUS EVELYNAE; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS; XIPHOPHORUS MILLERI; XIPHOPHORUS MONTEZUMAE; XIPHOPHORUS NEZAHUALCOYOTL; XIPHOPHORUS VARIATUS;

EID: 0031927348     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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