A new mutation in the type II hair cortex keratin hHb1 involved in the inherited hair disorder monilethrix

Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Winter, Hermelita ^a   Rogers, Michael A ^a   Gebhardt, Mathias ^b   Wollina, Uwe ^b   Boxall, Lionell ^c   Chitayat, David ^c   Babul Hirji, Riyana ^c   Stevens, Howard P ^d   Zlotogorski, Abreham ^e   Schweizer, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031468356     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050607     Document Type: Article

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