Albinism Due to Transposable Element Insertion in Fish

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Koga, Akihiko ^a   Hiroshi, Hori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medaka fish; Melanin production; Oryzias latipes; Transposon; Tyrosinase gene

Indexed keywords

LATIPES; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ORYZIAS; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FISH DISEASES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; ORYZIAS;

EID: 2542523050     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00695.x     Document Type: Review

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