Article
Human pigmentation genes: identification, structure and consequences of polymorphic variation.
Gene - 17 Oct 2001
Sturm R A, Teasdale R D, Box N F
Abstract excerpt
The synthesis of the visible pigment melanin by the melanocyte cell is the basis of the human pigmentary system, those genes directing the formation, transport and distribution of the specialised melanosome organelle in which melanin accumulates can legitimately be called pigmentation genes. The genes involved in this process have been identified through comparative genomic studies of mouse coat colour mutations...
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