The mouse tight skin (Tsk) phenotype is not dependent on the presence of mature T and B lymphocytes

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 907-909

  Siracusa, Linda D ^a   McGrath, Rodney ^a   Fisher, Jill K ^a   Jimenez, Sergio A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031792376     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900894     Document Type: Article

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