Molecular and pharmacological characterization of dominant black coat color in sheep

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Våge, Dag Inge ^a   Klungland, Helge ^a   Dongsi, Lu ^b   Cone, Roger D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; LIGAND BINDING; MELANOCYTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0032775886     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900939     Document Type: Article

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