Revertant mosaicism in epidermolysis bullosa caused by mitotic gene conversion

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 543-551

  Jonkman, Marcel F ^a   Scheffer, Hans ^b   Stulp, Rein ^b   Pas, Hendri H ^a   Nijenhuis, Miranda ^a   Heeres, Klaas ^a   Owaribe, Katsushi ^c   Pulkkinen, Leena ^d   Uitto, Jouni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT;

EID: 0030975365     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81894-2     Document Type: Article

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