Dermal-epidermal interactions and the site of action of the yellow (Ay) and nonagouti (a) coat color genes in the mouse.
Dermal-epidermal interactions and the site of action of the yellow (Ay) and nonagouti (a) coat color genes in the mouse.
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小鼠中的真皮-表皮相互作用以及黄色 (Ay) 和九斑豚鼠 (a) 皮毛颜色基因的作用位点。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(74)90204-8
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发表时间:
1974
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
T. W. Poole
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作者:
T. W. Poole
The alleles at the agouti locus in mice determine whether eumelanin or pheomelanin is synthesized by the follicular melanocytes. Previous studies have indicated the dermis as the site of action of the agouti alleles, while implying that the epidermis plays only a passive role. Using methods of dermal-epidermal recombinations of embryonic yellow (Ay) and nonagouti (a) mouse skin, the study reported here indicates that the epidermis, as well as the dermis, plays a role in the action of the agouti alleles. When yellow dermis is recombined with nonagouti epidermis, the hairs produced contain only pheomelanin, thus substantiating the role of the dermis. However, the reciprocal combination of nonagouti dermis and yellow epidermis also produces hairs containing pheomelanin, indicating a more important role for the epidermis. The role of the dermal-epidermal interactions in the action of the alleles at the agouti locus is discussed.