In vivo and in vitro morphological analysis of melanocytes homozygous for the misp allele at the murine microphthalmia locus.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1995.tb00677.x

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In vivo and in vitro morphological analysis of melanocytes homozygous for the misp allele at the murine microphthalmia locus.

Pigment cell research - 1 Dec 1995

Boissy R E, Lamoreux M L

Abstract excerpt

The misp allele (microphthalmia-spotted), a mutant allele at the murine microphthalmia (mi) locus, when homozygous, results in a normal phenotype in which there is no apparent alteration in pelage pigmentation or ocular development. However, when heterozygous with other mi locus alleles, specific...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Choroid
DNA-Binding Proteins
Golgi Apparatus
Hair Follicle
Homozygote
Melanocytes
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
Pigment Epithelium of Eye
Skin
Transcription Factors

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