Genetics of dark skin in mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 214-228

  Fitch, Karen R ^a   McGowan, Kelly A ^a   Van Raamsdonk, Catherine D ^a   Fuchs, Helmut ^b   Lee, Daekee ^c   Puech, Anne ^d   Hérault, Yann ^e   Threadgill, David W ^c   De Angelis, Martin Hrabé ^b   Barsh, Gregory S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^e Institut de Transgenose   (France)

Author keywords

ENU mutagenesis; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Melanocyte; Pigmentation; Skin development

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; KERATIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, DOMINANT; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037439150     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1023703     Document Type: Article

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