Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is caused by mutations in the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase gene

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-57

  De Laurenzi, Vincenzo ^a,b   Rogers, Geraldine R ^a   Hamrock, David J ^a   Marekov, Lyuben N ^a   Steinert, Peter M ^a   Compton, John G ^a   Markova, Nelli ^a   Rizzo, William B ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; LONG CHAIN ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; LONG-CHAIN-ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SJOEGREN LARSSON SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17P; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; ICHTHYOSIS; LARSEN SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPASTICITY;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0029664636     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0196-52     Document Type: Article

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