Comprehensive evaluation of allele frequency differences of MC1R variants across populations

Human Mutation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-505

  Gerstenblith, Meg R ^a   Goldstein, Alisa M ^a   Fargnoli, Maria Concetta ^b   Peris, Ketty ^b   Landi, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Geographic locations; MC1R; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor; Melanoma; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247647905     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20476     Document Type: Article

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