A Tyrosinase missense mutation causes albinism in the Wistar rat

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-145

  Blaszczyk, Wanda M ^a   Arning, Larissa ^b   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Epplen, Joerg T ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albinism; Albino; Mutation; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Tyrosinase; Wistar

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; EXON; EYE COLOR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; HAIR COLOR; MELANOGENESIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PIGMENT DISORDER; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RNA SPLICING; SKIN COLOR; TYR GENE;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PIGMENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 15944411408     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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