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Genetic analysis of melanocortin 1 receptor red hair color variants in a Russian population of Eastern Siberia.
European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) - 1 Mar 2018
Motorina Anna V, Palkina Nadezhda V, Komina Anna V, Ruksha Tatiana G, Artyukhov Ivan P, Kozlov Vasily V
Abstract excerpt
The melanocortin 1 receptor is a Gs protein-coupled receptor implicated in melanogenesis regulation. The receptor gene is highly polymorphic, which accounts for the association of several of its single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with an increased risk of melanoma. The present study aimed to evaluate the distribution of melanocortin 1 receptor gene variants R151C, R160W, and D294H within the Russian...
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