Characterization of the desmosomal cadherin gene family: Genomic organization of two desmoglein genes on human chromosome 18q12

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-94

  Frank, J ^a,b,c   Cserhalmi Friedman, P B ^a   Ahmad, W ^a   Panteleyev, A A ^a   Aita, V M ^a   Christiano, A M ^a,d  

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

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Desmoglein; Desmosome; Genomic structure

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOGLEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRONS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NAIL DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0035080703     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2001.010002090.x     Document Type: Article

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