Close association between sequence polymorphism in the KIT gene and the roan coat color in horses

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Marklund, S ^a,b   Moller, M ^a   Sandberg, K ^a   Andersson, L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT DISORDER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; HAIR COLOR; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032806006     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900987     Document Type: Article

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