Identification of a genetic defect in the hairless gene in atrichia with papular lesions: Evidence for phenotypic heterogeneity among inherited

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1323-1329

  Sprecher, Eli ^a   Bergman, Reuven ^a   Szargel, Raymonde ^a   Friedman Birnbaum, Rachel ^a   Cohen, Nadine ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033364733     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302368     Document Type: Article

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