A polymorphism in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) is associated with decreased levels of mRNA

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-231

  Voisey, J ^a   Gomez Cabrera, M Del C ^a   Smit, D J ^b   Leonard, J H ^c   Sturm, R A ^b   Van Daal, A ^a,d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agouti signalling protein; Instability; Melanocytes; mRNA; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI SIGNALLING PROTEIN; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ABORIGINE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELLS, CULTURED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGOUTI;

EID: 33646809751     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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