White Mutants in Mice Shedding Light on Humans
Halaban R, Moellmann G. White Mutants in Mice Shedding Light on Humans. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 1993, 100: s176-s185. DOI: 10.1038/jid.1993.73.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane receptor tyrosine kinasesMouse mutant modelsPink-eyed dilutionDefective signal transductionReceptor kinase activityEnzyme activityC-kitDistinct enzyme activitiesIdentification of mutationsRespective enzyme activitiesPiebald phenotypeShares homologyLocus proteinSignal transductionKinase activityCatalase BMolecular geneticsTyrosine kinaseWhite mutantsMutant modelsHair melanocytesPoint mutationsTyrosinase-negative albinismNormal pigmentationProliferation of melanocytesWhite mutants in mice shedding light on humans.
Halaban R, Moellmann G. White mutants in mice shedding light on humans. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 1993, 100: 176s-185s. PMID: 8433006, DOI: 10.1038/jid.1993.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane receptor tyrosine kinasesMouse mutant modelsPink-eyed dilutionDefective signal transductionReceptor kinase activityEnzyme activityC-kitDistinct enzyme activitiesIdentification of mutationsRespective enzyme activitiesPiebald phenotypeShares homologyLocus proteinSignal transductionKinase activityCatalase BMolecular geneticsTyrosine kinaseWhite mutantsMutant modelsHair melanocytesDopachrome tautomerasePoint mutationsTyrosinase-negative albinismNormal pigmentation