Mutational hotspots in the LAMB3 gene in the lethal (Herlitz) type of junctional epidermolysis bullosa

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Kivirikko, Sirpa ^a   McGrath, John A ^a   Pulkkinen, Leena ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a   Christiano, Angela M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; KALININ;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; LETHAL MUTANT; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0030029420     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.2.231     Document Type: Article

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