The melanocortin-1-receptor gene is the major freckle gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1701-1708

  Bastiaens, Maarten ^a   Ter Huurne, Jeanette ^a   Gruis, Nelleke ^a   Bergman, Wilma ^a   Westendorp, Rudi ^a   Vermeer, Bert Jan ^a   Bavinck, Jan Nico Bouwes ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0035422250     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.16.1701     Document Type: Article

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