A glutamine insertion in the 1A alpha helical domain of the keratin 4 gene in a familial case of white sponge nevus

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 388-391

  Terrinoni, Alessandro ^a   Candi, Eleonora ^a   Oddi, Sergio ^a   Gobello, Tonimaso ^b   Camaione, Diana Bella ^b   Mazzanti, Cinzia ^b   Zambruno, Giovanna ^b   Knight, Richard ^c   Melino, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K13; K4; Keratin; White Sponge Nevus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; KERATIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMELANOTIC NEVUS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0034125283     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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