A human keratin 14 "knockout": The absence of K14 leads to severe epidermolysis bullosa simplex and a function for an intermediate filament protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 1994, Pages 2574-2587

  Chan, Yiu Mo ^a   Anton Lamprecht, Ingrun ^b   Yu, Qian Chun ^a   Jäckel, Andreas ^b   Zabel, Bernhard ^c   Ernst, Jan Peter ^d   Fuchs, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Wiesbaden ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal keratin; Epidermolysis bullosa simplex; Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0027943989     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.21.2574     Document Type: Article

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