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Mast cell number in the skin of heterozygotes reflects the molecular nature of c-kit mutation.
Blood - 15 May 1993
Tsujimura T, Koshimizu U, Katoh H, Isozaki K, Kanakura Y, Tono T, Adachi S, Kasugai T, Tei H, Nishimune Y
Abstract excerpt
The W locus of mice encodes the c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase. Heterozygous WJic/+ and Wn/+ mice and homozygous Wf/Wf mice were similar in appearance; all of them have large depigmented areas lacking any well-defined pattern. The WJic, Wn, and Wf mutant alleles were characterized and their molecular nature was correlated with the mast cell differentiation in the skin and the biologic features of cultured mast...
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