Analysis of cultured human melanocytes based on polymorphisms within the SLC45A2/MATP, SLC24A5/NCKX5, and OCA2/P loci

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-405

  Cook, Anthony L ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Thurber, Amy E ^a   Smit, Darren J ^a   Smith, Aaron G ^a   Bladen, Timothy G ^a   Brown, Darren L ^a   Duffy, David L ^b   Pastorino, Lorenza ^c   Bianchi Scarra, Giovanna ^c   Leonard, J Helen ^b   Stow, Jennifer L ^a   Sturm, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEIN MATP; PROTEIN OCA2; PROTEIN SLC24A5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; CELLS, CULTURED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 58549104534     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.211     Document Type: Article

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