Molecular and functional studies of tyrosinase variants among indian oculocutaneous albinism type 1 patients

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 260-262

  Chaki, Moumita ^a,c   Sengupta, Mainak ^a   Mondal, Maitreyee ^a   Bhattacharya, Abhisek ^a   Mallick, Shampa ^a   Bhadra, Ranjan ^a   Consortium, Variation ^b   Ray, Kunal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 78650300903     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.274     Document Type: Letter

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