Ornithine decarboxylase transgenic mice as a model for human atrichia with papular lesions

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-151

  Panteleyev, A A ^a   Christiano, A M ^a   O'Brien, T G ^b   Sundberg, John P ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairless mice; Ornithine decarboxylase; Papular atrichia; Rhino mice

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPULOSIS; SKIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0034084960     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2000.009002146.x     Document Type: Article

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