Plectin and human genetic disorders of the skin and muscle. The paradigm of epidermolysis bullosa with muscular dystrophy

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Uitto, Jouni ^a   Pulkkinen, Leena ^a   Smith, Frances J D ^a   McLean, W H Irwin ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blistering skin diseases; Epidermolysis bullosa; Muscular dystrophy; Mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0029829634     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1996.tb00124.x     Document Type: Review

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