Identification of the glycine-to-arginine substitution G2043R in type VII collagen in a family with dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa from Hungary

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Cserhalmi Friedman, P B ^a   Karpati, S ^b   Horvath, A ^b   Christiano, Angela M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anchoring fibril; Dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa; Genodermatosis; Glycine substitution; Type VII collagen

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENODERMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNGARY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030665442     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1997.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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