Deficiency in Nucleotide Excision Repair Family Gene Activity, Especially ERCC3, Is Associated with Non-Pigmented Hair Fiber Growth

    May 2012 in “ PloS one ”
    Man Yu, Robert H. Bell, Maggie M. Ho … Kevin J. McElwee
    Studysummary This study found that non-pigmented hair follicles have significantly lower expression of nucleotide excision repair genes, which may be associated with reduced melanin production capacity in these follicles.
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