The underwhite (uw) locus acts autonomously and reduces the production of melanin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 601-606

  Lehman, Anne L ^e   Silvers, Willys K ^a   Puri, Neelu ^b   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Brilliant, Murray H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Mouse mutations; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033774576     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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