The Arg160Trp allele of melanocortin-1 receptor gene might protect against vitiligo

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Széll, Márta ^a   Baltás, Eszter ^a   Bodai, László ^a   Bata Csörgo, Zsuzsanna ^a   Nagy, Nikoletta ^a   Dallos, Attila ^a   Pourfarzi, Reza ^a   Simics, Eniko ^b   Kondorosi, Ildikó ^c   Szalai, Zsuzsanna ^c   Tóth, Gábor K ^a   Hunyadi, János ^b   Dobozy, Attila ^a   Kemény, Lajos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; VITILIGO;

AGOUTI;

EID: 42549172689     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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