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pk Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    pk
  • Name
    plucked
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:97590
    NCBI Gene: 18745
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 18, Syntenic
  • Mapping Data
    8 experiments
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    7 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    5 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mutations in this gene result in loss of hair and abnormal skin. Appearance is background dependent.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-13317
References
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  • Summaries
    All 8
    Phenotypes 5
  • Earliest
    J:140462 Gruneberg H, Exocrine glands and the Chievitz organ of some mouse mutants. J Embryol Exp Morphol. 1971 Apr;25(2):247-61
  • Latest
    J:95134 Luo J, et al., Desmoglein genes are up-regulated in the pk mutant mouse. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Feb 4;327(1):64-9
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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