The chicken frizzle feather is due to an α-Keratin (KRT75) mutation that causes a defective rachis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ng, Chen Siang ^a   Wu, Ping ^b   Foley, John ^c   Foley, Anne ^c   McDonald, Merry Lynn ^d   Juan, Wen Tau ^e   Huang, Chih Jen ^a,f,g   Lai, Yu Ting ^a   Lo, Wen Sui ^a   Chen, Chih Feng ^g   Leal, Suzanne M ^c   Zhang, Huanmin ^h   Widelitz, Randall B ^b   Patel, Pragna I ⁱ   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a,j   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^b,k  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^f ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KERATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEATHER; FEATHER BARB; FEATHER RACHIS; FRIZZLE FEATHER; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; KRT75 GENE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RECTRIX; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84864602429     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002748     Document Type: Article

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