A molecular basis for classic blond hair color in Europeans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 748-752

  Guenther, Catherine A ^a   Tasic, Bosiljka ^a,b,d   Luo, Liqun ^a,b   Bedell, Mary A ^c   Kingsley, David M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^d ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME 11; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR PIGMENTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 84903516869     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2991     Document Type: Article

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