Molecular and functional aspects of the hairless (hr) gene in laboratory rodents and humans

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 249-267

  Panteleyev, A A ^a   Paus, R ^b   Ahmad, W ^a   Sundberg, J P ^c   Christiano, A M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Atrichia; Hair follicle; Hairless

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031763056     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1998.tb00295.x-i1     Document Type: Review

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