Isolation and characteristics of the melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) in the Chinese yakow (Bos grunniens×Bos taurus)

Gene

Volumn 498, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-263

  Xi, Dongmei ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Fan, Yueyuan ^a   Huo, Yinqiang ^b   Leng, Jing ^a   Gou, Xiao ^a   Mao, Huaming ^a   Deng, Weidong ^a  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese yakow (Bos grunniens Bos taurus); Coat colour; Melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R); Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; THREONINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MUTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HAIR COLOR; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1;

BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858750894     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.02.041     Document Type: Article

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