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Opposite orientations of an inverted duplication and allelic variation at the mouse agouti locus.
Genetics - 1 Sept 1996
Chen Y, Duhl D M, Barsh G S
Abstract excerpt
The mouse agouti protein is a paracrine signaling molecule that causes yellow pigment synthesis. A pale ventral coloration distinguishes the light-bellied agouti (AW) from the agouti (A) allele, and is caused by expression of ventral-specific mRNA isoforms with a unique 5' untranslated exon. Molecular cloning demonstrates this ventral-specific exon lies within a 3.1-kb element that is duplicated in the opposite...
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