Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) locus lacks linkage to human vitiligo or osteopetrosis: An evaluation

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Tripathi, Ram K ^a   Flanders, Dean J ^b   Young, Terri L ^b   Oetting, William S ^b   Ramaiah, Abburi ^c   King, Richard A ^b,d   Boissy, Raymond E ^a   Nordlund, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelanosis; Melanocyte; Pigmentation; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITF PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 3; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROPHTHALMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; ONSET AGE; PIGMENTATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICROPHTHALMOS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPETROSIS; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0033145601     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00512.x     Document Type: Article

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