Variegated expression and delayed retinal pigmentation during development in transgenic mice with a deletion in the locus control region of the tyrosinase gene

Genesis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-25

  Giménez, Estela ^a   Giraldo, Patricia ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LCR; Melanin; Mosaicism; Position effects; Retinal pigment epithelium; Variegation; YAC

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE COLOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IRIS; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034995371     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.1028     Document Type: Article

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