Candidate functional promoter variant in the FOXD3 melanoblast developmental regulator gene in autosomal dominant vitiligo [4]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 388-391

  Alkhateeb, Asem ^a   Fain, Pamela R ^a   Spritz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOXD3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXD3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITILIGO; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MELANOCYTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITILIGO;

EID: 24344441593     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23822.x     Document Type: Letter

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