A premature stop codon mutation in the 2B helix termination peptide of keratin 5 in a German epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara case

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 988-990

  Müller, Felix B ^c   Anton Lamprecht, Ingrun ^c   Küster, Wolfgang ^a   Korge, Bernhard P ^b  

^a TOMESA Clin for Allerg S   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex; Intermediate filaments; Keratin genes

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; KERATIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX DOWLING MEARA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STOP CODON;

EID: 0009723970     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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