Genetic association of the catalase gene (CAT) with vitiligo susceptibility

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-66

  Casp, Courtney B ^a   She, Jin Xiong ^a   McCormack, Wayne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; Melanocytes; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BSTXI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; VITILIGO;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATALASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; EXONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VITILIGO;

EID: 0035999737     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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