Endogenous retrovirus insertion in the KIT oncogene determines White and White spotting in domestic cats

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1881-1891

  David, Victor A ^a   Menotti Raymond, Marilyn ^a   Wallace, Andrea Coots ^a   Roelke, Melody ^b   Kehler, James ^c   Leighty, Robert ^a   Eizirik, Eduardo ^d,e   Hannah, Steven S ^f   Nelson, George ^g   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^h   Connelly, Catherine J ⁱ   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a,j   Ryugo, David K ^i,k  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^g Nanobiology Program   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^j ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deaf; Domestic cat; FERV1; Retrotransposition; White; White spotting

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DOMINANT GENE; DOMINANT WHITE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FERV1 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; INTRON; KIT GENE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN COLOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE SPOTTING; WILD TYPE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 84908425842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.013425     Document Type: Article

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