Functional variation of MC1R alleles from red-haired individuals

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2397-2402

  Healy, Eugene ^a,c   Jordan, Siobhán A ^a   Budd, Peter S ^a   Suffolk, Ruth ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^b   Jackson, Ian J ^d  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN; INTERMEDIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035504443     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.21.2397     Document Type: Article

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