An autoimmune disease, APECED, caused by mutations in a novel gene featuring two PHD-type zinc-finger domains

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-403

  Aaltonen, Johanna ^a   Björses, Petra ^a   Perheentupa, Jaakko ^b   Horelli Kuitunen, Nina ^b   Palotie, Aarno ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^a   Lee Su, Yeon ^c   Francis, Fiona ^c   Hennig, Steffen ^c   Thiel, Cora ^c   Lehrach, Hans ^c   Yaspo, Marie Laure ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANDIDIASIS; DYSTROPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0346599403     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1297-399     Document Type: Article

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