Variable expression of Gorlin syndrome may reflect complexity of the signalling pathway

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R31-R33

  Levanat, Sonja ^a   Mubrin, Mirjana Končar ^b   Crnić, Ivana ^a   Šitum, Mirna ^c   Basta Juzbašić, Aleksandra ^c  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Gorlin syndrome; NBCCS; PTCH; tumor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PATCHED;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOLTZ SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTCH GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADULT; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033631460     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376512     Document Type: Article

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