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- Title
Molecular Basis of Human Piebaldism.
- Authors
Spritz, Richard A.
- Abstract
Piebaldism is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of pigmentation characterized by congenital patches of white skin and hair that lack melanocytes. Piebaldism results from mutations of the <em>KIT</em> proto-oncogene, which encodes the cell-surface receptor transmembrane tyrosine kinase for an embryonic growth factor, Steel factor. Several pathologic mutations of the KIT gene have now been identified in different patients with piebaldism. Correlation of these mutations with the associated piebald phenotypes has led to the recognition of a hierarchy of three classes of mutations that result in a graded series of piebald phenotypes, and to improved understanding of the mechanisms that underlie dominant genetic disorders.
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1994, Vol 103, p137S
- ISSN
0022-202X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/jid.1994.25