Table 1.

Neural crest–melanocyte gene set

Gene	Human disease	OMIM	EST, no.			%Mel
			In 198	In libraries other than 198	Total in dbEST
KIT	Piebaldism	164920	1	0	1	100
DCT		191275	3	2	5	60
EDNRB	WS-4	131244	7	2	9	77.8
ERBB3		190151	5	13	18	27.8
L1CAM		308840	2	0	2	100
LYST	CHS	214500	2	1	3	66.7
MART1		U06452*	5	0	5	100
MDA-7		U16261*	1	0	1	100
MLSN1		603576	15	6	21	71.4
MET		164860	5	32	37	13.5
MITF	WS-2a	156845	5	2	7	71.4
MSG1		300149	57	22	79	72.2
MYO5A	Griscelli’s syndrome	160777	1	0	1	100
NES		600915	1	0	1	100
OCA2	OCA2	203200	2	2	4	50
PAX3	WS-1,3	193500	5	0	5	100
PMEL17		155550	10	8	18	55.6
SLUG		602150	13	10	23	56.5
SOX10	WS-4	602229	7	21	26	26.9
TYRP1	OCA3	203290	3	8	11	27.2
TYR	OCA1	203100	7	1	8	87.5

^*GenBank accession no.