"Out, damned spot!"

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 949-951

  Spritz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VALINE;

DEPIGMENTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PIEBALDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33646131851     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700220     Document Type: Note

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