Identification of a novel locus associated with skin colour in African-admixed populations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Hernandez Pacheco, Natalia ^a,b   Flores, Carlos ^a,c   Alonso, Santos ^d   Eng, Celeste ^e   Mak, Angel C Y ^e   Hunstman, Scott ^e   Hu, Donglei ^e   White, Marquitta J ^e   Oh, Sam S ^e   Meade, Kelley ^f   Farber, Harold J ^g   Avila, Pedro C ^h   Serebrisky, Denise ⁱ   Thyne, Shannon M ^j   Brigino Buenaventura, Emerita ^k   Rodriguez Cintron, William ^l   Sen, Saunak ^m   Kumar, Rajesh ⁿ   Lenoir, Michael ^o   Rodriguez Santana, Jose R ^p   Burchard, Esteban G ^e,q   Pino Yanes, Maria ^a,c   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Allergy and ENT Assoc   (United States)

ⁱ JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^l VA Caribbean Healthcare System Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Bay Area Pediatrics   (United States)

^p Centro de Neumolo ia Pediatrica   (Puerto Rico)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; PRPF18 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA SPLICING FACTOR; SLC24A5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC45A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA SPLICING FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 85015457770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep44548     Document Type: Article

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