| Autor: |
Steingrímsson E; Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702., Moore KJ, Lamoreux ML, Ferré-D'Amaré AR, Burley SK, Zimring DC, Skow LC, Hodgkinson CA, Arnheiter H, Copeland NG, et. al. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Nature genetics [Nat Genet] 1994 Nov; Vol. 8 (3), pp. 256-63. |
| DOI: |
10.1038/ng1194-256 |
| Abstrakt: |
Mutations in the mouse microphthalmia (mi) gene affect the development of a number of cell types including melanocytes, osteoclasts and mast cells. Recently, mutations in the human mi gene (MITF) were found in patients with Waardenburg Syndrome type 2 (WS2), a dominantly inherited syndrome associated with hearing loss and pigmentary disturbances. We have characterized the molecular defects associated with eight murine mi mutations, which vary in both their mode of inheritance and in the cell types they affect. These molecular data, combined with the extensive body of genetic data accumulated for murine mi, shed light on the phenotypic and developmental consequences of mi mutations and offer a mouse model for WS2. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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