Cloning of mouse type VII collagen reveals evolutionary conservation of functional protein domains and genomic organization

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1300-1306

  Kivirikko, Sirpa ^b   Li, Kehua ^b   Christiano, Angela M ^b   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0029931130     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12349019     Document Type: Article

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