Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MATP gene are associated with normal human pigmentation variation

Human Mutation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Graf, Justin ^a   Hodgson, Richard ^a   Van Daal, Angela ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIM1; Association; MATP; Pigmentation; SNP

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; EYE COLOR; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN COLOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; GENE FREQUENCY; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 14944367557     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20143     Document Type: Article

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