Intragenic deletion in the Desmoglein 4 gene underlies the skin phenotype in the Iffa Credo "hairless" rat

Differentiation

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 450-464

  Bazzi, Hisham ^a   Kljuic, Ana ^a   Christiano, Angela M ^a   Panteleyev, Andrey A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Desmosome; Dsg4; Hair follicle; Hairless; Hypotrichosis; Lanceolate mutation

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN; PROTEIN DESMOGLEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADHERIN; DSG4 PROTEIN, RAT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS BREEDING; DESMOSOME; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SKIN;

EID: 21644461500     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2004.07208010.x     Document Type: Article

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