Mutations in the human connexin gene GJB3 cause erythrokeratodermia variabilis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-369

  Richard, Gabriele ^a   Smith, Lisa E ^a   Bailey, Regina A ^a   Itin, Peter ^b   Hohl, Daniel ^c   Epstein Jr , Ervin H ^d   DiGiovanna, John J ^a,e   Compton, John G ^a   Bale, Sherri J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratory for Cutaneous Biology   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENODERMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CONNEXINS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031796918     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3840     Document Type: Article

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