Mutations of the KIT (mast/stem cell growth factor receptor) proto-oncogene account for a continuous range of phenotypes in human piebaldism.

Piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of pigmentation, characterized by congenital patches of white skin and hair from which melanocytes are absent. We have previously shown that piebaldism can result from missense and frameshift mutations of the KIT proto-oncogene, which encodes the cell...

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Main Authors: Spritz, R A, Holmes, S A, Ramesar, R, Greenberg, J, Curtis, D, Beighton, P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1682829/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1384325
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