Iris phenotypes and pigment dispersion caused by genes influencing pigmentation

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-578

  Anderson, Michael G ^a   Hawes, Norman L ^b   Trantow, Colleen M ^a   Chang, Bo ^b   John, Simon W M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dct; Eye; Glaucoma; Iris; Pigment dispersion; Tyrp1

Indexed keywords

TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IRIS; MELANOSOME; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HAIR; HUMANS; IRIS; MELANOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 52449131591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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