Molecular basis for the rhino (hr(rh-8J)) phenotype: A nonsense mutation in the mouse hairless gene

Genomics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Ahmad, Wasim ^a   Panteleyev, Andrei A ^a   Sundberg, John P ^b   Christiano, Angela M ^a,c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14; EXON; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUDE MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032212776     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5495     Document Type: Article

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