Keratinocyte Heal Thyself: A New Form of "Natural Gene Therapy"

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  McGrath, John A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; GENOMIC DNA; KERATIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BASE MISPAIRING; BLISTER; CELL ACTIVITY; CHIMERAPLASTY; CODON; DNA REPAIR; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EPITHELIZATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; KNOCKOUT GENE; LYMPHOCYTE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 1642575278     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2003.22141.x     Document Type: Note

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