Clustered cadherin genes: A sequence-ready contig for the desmosomal cadherin locus on human chromosome 18

Genomics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-455

  Hunt, Debbie M ^a   Sahota, Virender K ^a,d   Taylor, Kay ^b   Šimrak, Danijela ^a   Hornigold, Nick ^b   Arnemann, Joachim ^c   Wolfe, Jonathan ^b   Buxton, Roger S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME 18; DESMOSOME; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEMPHIGUS; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 0033572506     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6036     Document Type: Article

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