The mouse pink-eyed dilution allele of the P-gene greatly inhibits eumelanin but not pheomelanin synthesis

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-246

  Hirobe, Tomohisa ^a,b   Ito, Shosuke ^c   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agouti; Eumelanin; Melanocyte; Pheomelanin; Pink eyed dilution; Recessive yellow

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; HAIR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYNTHESIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MELANINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; THIAZOLES; TYROSINE;

AGOUTI; MUS;

EID: 78651414040     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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