Melanocortin 1 receptor variants in an Irish population

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Smith, Rachel ^a   Healy, Eugene ^a   Siddiqui, Shazia ^a   Flanagan, Niamh ^a   Steijlen, Peter M ^c   Rosdahl, Inger ^b   Jacques, Jon P ^a   Rogers, Sarah ^d   Turner, Richard ^a   Jackson, Ian J ^e   Birch Machin, Mark A ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^a,f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d City of Dublin Skin/Cancer Hospital   (Ireland)

^e MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hair color; Pigmentation; Skin type

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRELAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 7144254441     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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