The genetics of sun sensitivity in humans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 739-751

  Rees, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HAIR; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA; MENDELIAN DISORDER; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN STRUCTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

MURINAE;

EID: 6344290128     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425285     Document Type: Article

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