The color loci of mice - A genetic century

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-344

  Bennett, Dorothy C ^a   Lamoreux, M Lynn ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color genes; Human genetics; Melanocyte development; Melanosomal proteins; Mouse genetics; Pigmentary disorder; Protein routing

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EYE COLOR; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042697470     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00067.x     Document Type: Review

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