Identification of the rat Rex mutation as a 7-bp deletion at splicing acceptor site of the Krt71 gene

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 909-912

  Kuramoto, Takashi ^a   Hirano, Ryuji ^b   Kuwamura, Mitsuru ^b   Serikawa, Tadao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Krt71; Mutation; Rat; Wavy hair

Indexed keywords

DNA; KERATIN; PRIMER DNA; REX PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENE PRODUCTS, REX; HUMANS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955236424     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0554     Document Type: Article

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