Characterization of the loricrin (LOR) gene as a positional candidate for the PSORS4 psoriasis susceptibility locus

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 639-645

  Giardina, E ^a   Capon, F ^a,b   De Rosa, M C ^c   Mango, R ^a   Zambruno, G ^d   Orecchia, A ^d   Chimenti, S ^e   Giardina, B ^c   Novelli, G ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex diseases; Expression analysis; LOR; Loricrin; Protein structure; Psoriasis; SNPs

Indexed keywords

LORICRIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSORIASIS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSORIASIS;

EID: 11144301999     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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