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Gene MC1R : melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor) in Bos taurus

 See the equivalent entry at NCBI

In other species: chicken , dog , domestic cat , horse , rabbit , pig , turkey , goat , Japanese quail , little striped whiptail , domestic yak , rock pocket mouse , jaguarundi , lesser earless lizard , ocellated lizard , woolly mammoth , jaguar , oldfield mouse , gray squirrel , American black bear , Arctic fox , red fox , Lesser snow goose , Bananaquit , gyrfalcon , Chestnut-bellied monarch , helmeted guineafowl , Arctic skua , red-footed booby , brown booby , Australian magpie , raccoon dog , Mallard , sheep , Arabian camel , reindeer , ruff , ass (donkey) , Geoffroy's cat , Chinese painted quail , domestic guinea pig , fallow deer , indicine cattle (zebu) , Eleonora's falcon , antarctic fur seal

Symbol: MC1R

Synonyms: MC1-R, MSHR

Description: melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor)

Type of gene: protein-coding

NCBI gene id: 281298

Other designations: melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor|BDF3|MSH-R|alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor|melanocortin receptor 1|melanotropin receptor

Links: Homologene , Ensembl

Genomic location: 18:14705093..14706843 [Chromosome accession NC_037345.1]

Related phenes:

OMIA:001544-9913 : Hypotrichosis with coat-colour dilution (rat-tail syndrome) in Bos taurus

OMIA:001199-9913 : Coat colour, extension in Bos taurus

References


Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
2021 Goud, T.S., Upadhyay, R.C., Pichili, V.B.R., Onteru, S.K., Chadipiralla, K. :
Molecular characterization of coat color gene in Sahiwal versus Karan Fries bovine. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 19:22, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33512595. DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00117-2.
2014 Zhang, Y., Li, Q., Ye, S., Faruque, M.O., Yu, Y., Sun, D., Zhang, S., Wang, Y. :
New variants in the melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) in Asian cattle. Anim Genet 45:609-10, 2014. Pubmed reference: 24702190. DOI: 10.1111/age.12160.
2013 Druet, T., Pérez-Pardal, L., Charlier, C., Gautier, M. :
Identification of large selective sweeps associated with major genes in cattle. Anim Genet 44:758-62, 2013. Pubmed reference: 23859468. DOI: 10.1111/age.12073.
1994 Vanetti, M., Schonrock, C., Meyerhof, W., Hollt, V. :
Molecular cloning of a bovine MSH receptor which is highly expressed in the testis FEBS Letters 348:268-272, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8034052.